cactus_bangers

les do it

cheerios

I'd be for it... HW and SW are very different... or rather support and implementation are different...

Latch

I'm in... for the reasons mentioned above.

Programming stuff is different than "What's the best video card?" or "I'm new at Linux, what do I do?"

cliche

I'm voting 'yes'...

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oldtimer

Then wouldn't a poll be appropriate?

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seretogis

This thread is to determine the number of people who would contribute, not the number of people who would lurk, so a poll wouldn't be a very accurate representation.

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bryanzera

Def. need a programming forum.

muckluck

I need to learn sounds like a great place to get help on my expedition. DO IT!!

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Jaseca

I'd help where I could, but probably ask a fair amount of C++ debugging help come Data Structures time...

And I agree that programming and computers are two subject that are unrelated most of the time. With the exception that you have to use a computer to compile and run.

Artsemis

But of course I would love a programming forum!

I'm currently a Computer Science major and am mostly diving into C++ with quite a bit of Java; but I also know a little Visual Basic and MIPS (yeah, its next to useless anymore :P)

In the near future I am hoping to learn a bit of Perl, DirectX, and C#.

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juanvaldes

okay rough count of 26 people. At this point it goes up to Hal for the final call.

peacy

Hell "Yes"...

oberon

Well, the way I see it, programming (to be broad here) is very difficult to discuss and help with, unless people have LARGE amounts of experience, or unless the questions are quite simple or general.

For example, I could discuss a solution to a particular problem with <x> app, but if one doesn't know the API of the toolkit used then it's quite difficult to help.

And the languages people know are quite widely varying in style: C, assembly (take your pick), lisp, haskell, Java, python, Visual Basic, etc.

As of yet, TFP does not really have that many active members (I think maybe 3,000 or 4,000? who post at least once a week), and only a small percentage of that number knows some amount of programming. After all, this is a forum about Life.

It's also an interest thing. Do many of you care to discuss proper programming? Techniques to improve programming style? Do you have time to figure out someone else's obscure problem?

I think the fact that ~27 people, at this point, have noticed and quipped something in this thread, is a real indicator of how many people might actually attend to the proposed Tilted Programming forum.

Maybe at some point in the future it'd be worthwhile. That's my take on it.

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Boardslut

hi oberon, lisp and haskell are actually pretty similar ... maybe a nice topic for tilted programming ?

I'm for the programming forum ... always nice to see people having orignal ideas and being busy with projects.

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TheShadow

C++/Java Programmer here... wouldn't mind a forum for programming. Always good to help those less experienced!

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f00sion

a programming forum would be great....The computers forum is definitely not the place for programming questions. I think if it were available far more than 26 people would be regular visitors and posters.

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To throw in my completely new 2 cents, I'd be all about a programming forum. I always need more resources for coding problems, my systems programming class has been known to kick my ass at times.

Vote yes on proposition Tilted programming.

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Leviathan[NCV]

I <3 C#.

VF19

Yes, I show my support for the programming forum.

There's only so much you can learn from a book.

Plus I need someone to debug my no0b perl scripts.

Prince

Excellent idea. I hope n00bs like me would be welcome, too.

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seretogis

Of course!

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juanvaldes

still need to convince the big man there is a need....

Silvy

My vote for support is here!

(I sorta neglected T-Suggestions sorry bout that, will do better in the future!)

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Wingnut

I will support it if we can discuss COBOL as well. We mainfraimers are often negelected

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Boner

And it has to be COBOL under CICS

flamingpeach

I'd love a programming forum.

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juanvaldes

alright folks, we got it, now use it.