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# I cast thee out, iteration.
I've been doing enough of them the past couple of days.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:32, archived)
# i would like to make it clear that i was writing pseudocode
and not v****l b***c

that's important
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:43, archived)
# Glad to hear it.
My poison is Matlab.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:44, archived)
# matlab has the best console of anything ever
i will be working with a bit of matlab this week, by a curious coincidence
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:51, archived)
# You know matlab?
Me your frieeeeeend?

I'm stuck with Origin 6.0 which, incidentally, sucks donkey balls.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53, archived)
# not much, alas
i write the odd bit of code that occasionally gets mex'd. the limited experience i've had with it has been fun though
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55, archived)
# The manual left me feeling completely lost.
There was no easy way into it.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:00, archived)
# i doubt i could tell you anything helpful, alas
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:18, archived)
# It's surprisingly easy to use.
I'm not really a computer geek, I'm a physicist, but we occasionally have to program for data analysis and things.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53, archived)
# bah! matlab is okay, but python is better. except for maths, maybe. although there is Numeric.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55, archived)
# i prefer ruby to python
the whitespace-as-syntax thing does my head in
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:56, archived)
# Well, blocks do MY head in:
"hello".each do |c| {
print c
}

or something. I dunno. Blocks!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:04, archived)
# i did smalltalk before i'd heard of either of em
which probably explains the bias. i'd be quite happy to write either, to be fair
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:09, archived)