Aspies For Freedom

VB is much more user friendly than some other languages though, which makes it appealing as a first language  :wink:

Good point, although you can now get an express edition of Microsoft's Visual Studio for free.

I have never used Java or Python, are they as powerful and feature-rich as languages such as C# ?

Hi everybody,
I also have asperger syndrome. I am currently studying Cybernetics engineering.
I currently use ADA, C, C++, Lisp, PHP, Python, the Qt 4 API and Asm on RISC.
I love especially playing aroung with the neural netowrk toolbox of Matlab and once
in a while install Linux from Scratch just to get the feeling of building my own distros.

For first language i would recommend Prime or Lisp in order for someone to get a good
understydying of flowless algorithms and then move to C and C++ using GNU Compiler.

Jana and Python are nice languages but they depend on interpreters, which makes
them to be completely difficult to manipulate on machine level and in the same time
they are not as fast as if you program the same code on assembly or C,... as far about
C#, absolutely not my taste since it has too many restrictions by the closed source of Win itself.

I am a software engineer with most of my experience in real-time and embedded software.  I build and rebuild PCs as a hobby.

One measure of the computer geek is having a more powerful PC at home than at work.  I lost my geek status with my most recent work PC and have not yet attempted to regain it.  Perhaps having more PCs?  Of the five PCs on my desk at work, four are functional.  I am at home now, in my 'office'.  The workbench has three Windows workstations and a Linux file server.  My eldest son has a Mac and my wife has a Windows laptop so that I can't reconfigure it suddenly.  There are also three 'not fully working' PCs.

How do I do as a geek?

I do have alot of interest in programming but alot of the words posted above just flew over my head.

Greetings all!

I'm a compleat computer geek.  I currently program in Awk, C, and Python.  I work in air traffic control R&D.

While I generally agree w/ Paris regarding Python, I am currently doing some work that is the exception to the rule.  Python has a reputation for being slow on the processor end, being an interpreted language and all.  The anecdotal sense is that it is between 10 and 100 times slower than C.  Mostly that doesn't matter, given how fast computers work and the sizes of the jobs they usually run.  In a compute intense application however, this can be a problem.

In my experience, for the type of work I do I find Python runs about 70 times slower than C.  My jobs usually run many hours in C, so anything that requires serious number crunching is done there.

At present I am running a Python version of a compute intensive program formerly in C.  The first version (yesterday's) ran 2.6x faster than the C version, and I've created yet a faster version today (yes I work Saturdays - I have the building to myself ^_^).  What Python lacks in speed is - in this case - compensated by extreme flexibility in data manipulation.

I've been programming in Python for a few years.  In the last couple of days I've gained even more love for this language.

Generally I agree with you, but the aforementioned faster program just completed.  What took over 15 hours in a C program took an hour and 40 minutes in Python.

I am an Aspie computer nerd. I know how to install Operating Systems, work with hardware, etc.

i'm an aspie and also good with comps, but not with programming. i'm more in software.. like programs and stuff. i also do graphic design (i'm a graphic designer) as you can see, i have two already. i know nothing about C, C++, ect.

so, yeah. :-P if you want to see my work (i mostly do sigs and stuff), go to my Photobucket. i also like to dabble with rendering (not 3d rendering, cutting images and such)
thank you, and bai.

I love programs that involve images. I especially like Photoshop. I scan sketch drawings and modify them using the the paintbrush, eraser, and grandient tools. I use the filters to perfect my images. Sometimes I add text as well. I love how Photoshop allows you to make layers, for if you only want a certain part of your image to be edited or if you want layer effects. Many pictures I post here, including my avater and signature, are created on my computer using Photoshop.

Pikachu, you are cute as a button.

I do some computer stuff, I administrate and develop a couple os MS SQL databases and develop forms in VB script for these. I also do some VBA for excel and access to automate routine stuff.

"Any other aspie computer geeks?

isn't that a bit like going to a gay forum and saying "Does anyone here like Kylie Minogue? Anybody?"

I am not in my view a computer geek although I do spend alot of hours each day at the computer doing things. I am not really interested in programming, mainly because I have nothing to programme, but I do like to know how applications work, etc.

I had a Spectrum computer in the late 80's and an Amstrad in the early 90's both of which would do nothing unless I programmed them to do it.

I had limited interest in computers in the 90's as I was more into mechanics. I became interested in computers in 2000 mainly due to studies I was doing and e-mail and internet. I have learn't to fix most problems I have encountered mostly with help from magazines but also through trial and error.

With my latest system I use it more for media and internet but also for general work. My dad uses it for programming, my mum for shopping.

Nathan, no.  VB doesn't suck.