At what point can I tell that I don't have the talent to be a programmer?
>>51527377
now
This is it
>>51527377
>>51527377
In my intro class to C++, the instructor said pointers were the first threshold that weeded out non-hackers.
>>51527465
Pointers are fucking simple though.
What is hard to grasp about them?
>>51527465
>knowing how to use pointers == l337 HAX()R
kek
What kind talents do you even need?
1. Basic logical thinking.
2. Self-discipline to not create an unmaintainable mess or release untested code.
Yo if you don't have the talent to program you should straight up kill yourself. Programming is not a hard thing to do.
>talent
>programmer
Yeah ok
>>51528002
>first threshold that weeded out non-hackers
he's not saying doing pointers makes you a hacker, just if you can't, you're not
>>51528087
>>51527465
I'd like to hear the next 5 thresholds
>>51528070
>Programming is not a hard thing to do.
it is for normalfags
Talent is not needed, just hard work. Write as many programs as you can in one programming language. If they're too hard, write simple programs, even very simple. Get an algorithms book and implement algorithms. The application doesn't matter, treat it as exercise.
Happy programming!
>>51527465
>the instructor said pointers were the first threshold that weeded out non-hackers
You just got trolled by your professor.
>started programming in college this year
>had to write a program in java that counts the number of words in a sentence using only characters a-z
>it took me a straight month to try and work it out and only because the teacher pretty much wrote it for me near the end
It's not about talent, it's about enjoyment.
If you enjoy programming so much that you use your free time to code and learn how to code then you will be fine.
If you don't then you will struggle.
>>51528318String sentence = "the lazy fox jumps over the brown dog";
String[] words = sentence.split("\\s");
int count = 0;
for (Sting s: words){
if (s.matches("[a-z]+")){
count++;
}
}
I hope your teacher at least introduced you to regex.
>>51527498
>>51528002
A lot of the kids in my own intro class (albeit in EE, not CS) had a hard time grasping the idea of return values, so I imagine something as indirect and syntactically nuanced as pointers would make them shit their pants
That's the whole point of weeder courses. There are a lot of people who are too retarded to understand the simplest ideas in a subject
>>51528087
So not being able to programming normally make you a non-hacker?
Who knew?
>>51528556
No. we were only allowed use if statements and loops.
>>51528599
I see.
>>51528616
>we were only allowed use if statements and loops.System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'H'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'e'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'l'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'l'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'o'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{' '}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'W'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'o'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'r'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'l'}));
System.out.print(new String(new char[]{'d'}));
I'm a CS major.
>>51528556
You are just returning the amount of thetter on the sentence, not the number of words composed only by letterssentence="the lazy fox jumps over the brown dog34"
def counterFunction(sentence):
words=sentence.split(" ")
counter=0
for word in words:
print word
for letter in word:
if letter==letter.upper():
counter-=1
break
counter+=1
return counter
print counterFunction(sentence)
