http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/ Advogato blog for jordan en-us mod_virgule Fri, 24 May 2013 04:53:56 GMT Tue, 19 Jun 2001 04:34:07 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=4 http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=4 Long time no see. Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:44:35 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=3 http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=3 I've been working on my advogato diary client today. It saves the opening a browser, and makes it easy for people who keep a diary elsewhere to mirror it onto advogato. This message was sent with it. I'll start a project for it once it's done. Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:41:42 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=2 http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=2 I've been working on my advogato diary client today. It saves the opening of a browser and makes it easy for people who keep a diary elsewhere to mirror them onto advogato. This message was sent with it. I'll start a project for it once it's done. [ No, it doesn't post doubles, that was my fault :-) ] Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:06:35 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=1 http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=1 I was scheduled to take a CS placement test at the <a href="http://www.umd.edu">University of Maryland</a>. The coordinator in charge handed me the exemption test for <a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2000/cmsc106">CMSC 106</a>, Introduction C Programming. It's pretty funny that this class, an introduction to <b>C</b> programming, had both a C and C++ version -- I asked for the C version. <p> <p> <p> I exchanged a few emails with the coordinator before coming to the test, and she had seen my resume. I asked her if she was sure this was the right exam and she asked what data structures I knew. I told her that I know hashes, linked lists, and binary trees among others and she replied with ``Oh, then you must be here for the C++ exam'' and handed me a page infected with C++ code that I hadn't messed with in quite a while. This exam was still basic; it was testing knowledge of linked lists, dynamic memory allocation, and stuff like that. However, I didn't want to lose points for forgetting some of C++'s idiosyncrasies, and since the previous exam had a C and C++ version, it was only logical to ask for a C version of this test. When I did, I was told ``But C doesn't have classes!'' packaged with a condescending smile -- as if it's impossible to implement a linked list in C! I tried to explain to her that I prefer a test on data structures that uses C, but I guess I didn't do a very good job because I kept getting the same response. <p> <p> <p> I ended up taking the simpler C test, which was a joke. I have no choice but to review some C++ and then get exempted from the two other courses before I can start taking real classes. I'm just annoyed by the ignorance of the coordinator.. <p> <p> <p> Oh well, I guess I should be thankful my school doesn't use <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/java.html" >Java</a> instead. Sat, 9 Dec 2000 19:08:41 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=0 http://www.advogato.org/person/jordan/diary.html?start=0 I jumped on the Advogato bandwagon and got my own account. Whoopty doo. Stay tuned for diary entries..