Re: [OT] Re: Music while in a coding session...

On 17/07/2024 22:42, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

On 7/17/2024 12:45 AM, David Brown wrote:

On 17/07/2024 02:07, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 7/15/2024 7:53 PM, John McCue wrote:

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This is OT, usually I would ignore, but :)
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I have never done that over the many decades I have
been a programmer.  I would suggest you do no more then
say 12 hours straight.  Mistakes will happen plus, this
will affect your health.
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Just a friendly warning.

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Not OT, most programmers love music.  The arithmetic of music draws our attention to it.

 What about using C++ to create music (say, MIDI for now) that you can listen to while creating other music and/or other fun things indeed?
 

What about not posting random youtube links at all?
Please understand the topicality of these groups - then you can make a conscious decision to stretch the topicality if you think it is appropriate, instead of just spilling every stray thought that passes through your head.  (Again - I personally am not as rigid about sticking to topicality as some regulars, but I think it is important not to get carried away, and it is important to know when something is not even close to topical.  Technical groups need to maintain a level of focus or they either disappear entirely, or descend into cesspits like sci.electronics.design.)
These groups are about the /languages/ C and C++.  They are not about programs that happen to be written in those languages, and certainly not about what was created using programs that happened to be written in those languages.
So if you've written a program in C++, it is topical to discuss particular aspects of the code that you think were hard, or interesting, or that you have questions about, or that use unusual techniques that you want to share with others.  The complete program is not topical, nor are its uses.
Can you appreciate the difference?