[wellylug]The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills

[Simon Eatough]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:54:02 nic wrote:
> I think the comment just reflects that most people don;t realise there's a
> world other than web apps or large corporate apps. Us poor embedded people
> often struggle with things like 8k (yes, kilo) bytes of RAM. C#, C++, Java,

8K RAM is a luxury !, some of the 8 bit processors at we use at work can have 
as little as 512 bytes of RAM. And only relatively recently have there been 
decent debug tools available. 

Simon.


>have  > PERL, python, Erlang, etc. ain't gonna go there. And the bozos like 
the
> person quoted don't realise there are more embedded devices than any other
> sort of computing platform.
>
> </rant>
>
> Mian Lin wrote:
> > Hi , I just read the article from computerworld website,it listed "The
> > top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills". I am surprised at "C
> > programming" is on the list.
> > I dont agree that below:
> > "As the web takes over, C languages are also becoming less relevant,
> > according to Stewart Padveen, internet entrepreneur and currently
> > founder of online advertising start-up AdPickles. "C++ and C Sharp are
> > still alive and kicking, but try to find a basic C-only programmer
> > today, and you'll likely find a guy that's unemployed and/or training
> > for a new skill," he says."
> >
> > what do you think, the people who are working in the industry ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mian