GNU/Linux

[Keith Smith]

Interesting...  Do programmers burnout more than any other profession?

If there is a contributing factor it is the constant change that 
requires regular learning and adapting.

I've seen a lot of changes.  In 1983 I learned how to program using 
punch cards.  Then there was the single line editors.  I experienced the 
evolution of xBase - dBaseII, dBaseIII, dBaseIII+ on 8088 cpu's with no 
hard drive.  Later Clipper summer of 87 (that was the actual version 
name), FoxBASE+, all the FoxPro's - DOS, Windows, and Visual.  Then the 
web came along.  Learning Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP and all that goes 
with that.  In the early days of the web - (10 years ago) it was PHP 
right on the iron... not any more. It is open source apps and 
frameworks.

Always fighting the beast.....

In the late 80's I happened into a business that was using a Commodore 
64 to do their accounting and inventory control.  At that time that was 
state of the art.




On 2017-04-29 13:47, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
> Huh.  I thought the reason programmers (or whatever you want to call
> them) get grey hairs and burn out was some combination of:
> 
> 1 - they are hopelessly optimistic, and so GROSSLY underestimate EVERY
> project's effort.  Managers like the short estimates and don't adjust
> based upon reality.  When the deadline nears, the software person
> works more and more hours to try to meet the deadline, which goes
> whizzing past at a high rate of speed.  More hours/week and more
> effort (which brings with it more mistakes and slower progress)...
> until the project is finally done (ish) and the next cycle begins.
> 
> (Well, yes, I was a software developer for most of my professional
> life, why do you ask? ;-)
> 
> 2 - they tend to work much more than 40 hours per week.  (80, 90,
> sometimes more)
> 
> 3 - old age ;-)
> 
> Rusty
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On
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> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 8:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: GNU/Linux
> 
> Hmmm, technically not quite right.
> 
> First there was UNIX which split off to BSD.
> Linus emulated UNIX on a PC.
> A kernel is the interface between the hardware and the operating 
> system.
> Each machine with different hardware needs a different kernel to mate
> with the hardware.
> Each operating system needs a different interface to match the
> operating system's requirements / design.
> Android has totally different hardware platform compared to a PC,
> compared to a Mac, compared to a DEC, or whatever.
> If the programmer writes his interface to function like Linux but
> match each different platform's hardware then you can the Linux OS
> utilities and such on that hardware platform. They will be the same,
> functionally, if the programmer fully implements the complete
> interface.
> Practically, there is almost always something that is or has to be
> done differently.
> 
> That is why programmers get gray hairs and burn out.
> 
>> On Apr 28, 2017, at 16:10, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think I understand it now.... There is GNU/Linux and there is 
>> Android/Linux and whatever other operating system that needs a 
>> kernel/Linux. Right?
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