On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 23:29:31 +0100 Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To unwrap that, if I am writing a game and I need to know how to > write a javascript random number generator, I don't need to scan > complete code of someone else's program. I need only one part - the > random number generator algorithm. If you only need to buy carrots, why would you spend 30 minutes waling up and down all aisles in a supermarket ? Hopefully you will get a RNG from a library instead, isn't that the case. > In other words, I am not arguing that looking at someone's code is > unnecessary, I am arguing that having complete code of a program is > usually not required to learn to code. I suspect 'learn to code' has something to do with a previous statement about C++ being like C. Using C++ in 3 days. > It is good sometimes, perhaps > it is very useful, but this is not necessary. Many people learn to > program without being exposed to a complete open source project. Open Source provides free source code to everyone. The movement was pushed by many professionals. This is not Windows freeware. > Another important point is that when you are working in a company, > other people's code is not the only thing that teaches you. Often, > there are also people in the company who will actually walk you > though the code. Just having the code available is not necessarily > helpful. Why is this downgraded to a comparison between corporate settings and Open Source ? The original question was: "Why do you feel open source is important, and what for you is the most important aspect of Linux audio?" > How can my argument be defeated? With evidence. It would be > interesting to see stats on major contributions to learning to code. > If this data contradicts my argument - I would definitely follow the > evidence. Again, 'learning to code' is kinda suspicious. > But using "background knowledge" about the world, it seems to me that > most people know little about open source and are unlikely to learn > by opening a program they like and start reading through the code. Then these future developers, designers of software, are missing something. Outsourcing in sight ? > And, finally, people rarely "know a programming language". You still > know only parts of it and only certain applications. Even if you know > a lot about C++, You mean about object orientation ? > it is applied differently to graphics, it is applied > differently to GUI, differently to sound, differently to text, > compression, databases, etc. Each application requires specialized > knowledge. That specialized knowledge is not a function of the language. A carpenter can be Chinese, one can program compression bits in assembler, one can write middleware in Erlang. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
