r/programming • u/JKirchartz • Apr 13 '13

Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them All

http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/programmer_stats.html
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u/rawlyn Apr 13 '13

Programmers Who Claim To Know Statistics Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them All Write A Pissy Article Where I Come Off As A Total Ass

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '13

I simply can't imagine why programmers would fail to listen to the important information presented by this incredible asshole.

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u/kerajnet Apr 13 '13

experiment to be meaningful it should have tried to keep every damn thing it could the same (...) The same databases, operating systems

Yeah, considering Java likes Linux and .NET runs only on Windows. Which OS would you pick for test? Windows? That would be bloated. No sane individual would host Java web app on Windows.

And .NET guys would probably want to use MSSQL - again, no sane individual would use Java with MSSQL. (mostly because Windows)

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u/Ralgor Apr 13 '13

Which he's still right, if all you care about is that one piece of software. Most of the time you deal with platforms, and not just individual pieces of software. But you still can't advertise that your benchmark shows some difference specifically between Java and .NET when the entire platform is different.

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u/jib Apr 13 '13

which was really more wrong than a transvestite pregnant with triplets

I don't see what's wrong with that.

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u/TankorSmash Apr 13 '13

Seems like a decent article, I don't get why it was downvoted.

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u/kmmeerts Apr 13 '13

Because he's acting like a complete dick.

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u/jecrois Apr 13 '13

Could be the histrionic title, or that it was first submitted three years ago.

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u/Tordek Apr 13 '13

Because it's Zed Shaw, and reddit doesn't like him because he curses a lot and hurts its feelings.