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[Jim Kring]

I have just posted a new article on my blog:

• LabVIEW is an irrelevant programming language

Thanks,

[Gary Rubin]

QUOTE(Jim Kring @ May 30 2007, 11:56 AM)

I have just posted a new article on my blog:

• LabVIEW is an irrelevant programming language

Thanks,

One could certainly argue that book sales are not representative of a language's popularity, as the blogger assumes, but instead are reflections of the steepness of the language's learning curve or the usefulness of the environment's online help.

[crelf]

QUOTE(Gary Rubin @ May 31 2007, 02:05 AM)

...reflections of the steepness of the language's learning curve or the usefulness of the environment's online help.

Right - basing a language's popularity on book sales is poor science at best, manipulative at worst.

[jaegen]

QUOTE(Jim Kring)

Want to help LabVIEW become more relevant in the computer book market? Why not buy a good LabVIEW book

Now that was a beautifully executed shameless plug!

Jaegen

[ohiofudu]

QUOTE(crelf @ May 30 2007, 11:32 AM)

Right - basing a language's popularity on book sales is poor science at best, manipulative at worst.

Crelf,

Yes you are right,I second you :thumbup:

[crelf]

QUOTE(jaegen @ May 31 2007, 02:55 AM)

Now that was a beautifully executed shameless plug!

Absolutely - I was as digusted as you are at Jim's pathetic attempt to push innocent LAVA members toward his book! Maybe he was the original blog author too?

On a completely unrelated topic - check this out:

Image Acquisition and Processing with LabVIEW

Christopher G. Relf V I Engineering, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
Series: Image Processing Series Volume: 5

List Price: $119.95
Web Price: $107.96
You Save: $11.99
Cat. #: 1480
ISBN: 9780849314803
ISBN 10: 0849314801
Publication Date: 7/28/2003
Number of Pages: 264
Availability: In Stock

[Eugen Graf]

Here is my meaning to this topic http://forums.lavag....i...ost&p=25729


Eugen

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE(jaegen @ May 30 2007, 09:55 AM)

QUOTE(Jim Kring)

Want to help LabVIEW become more relevant in the computer book market? Why not buy a good LabVIEW book

Now that was a beautifully executed shameless plug!
Jaegen

Thanks! And, thank you for the extra coverage

[neBulus]

QUOTE(Jim Kring @ May 30 2007, 06:12 PM)

Now that was a beautifully executed shameless plug!
Jaegen


Thanks! And, thank you for the extra coverage

Concidering how LTR fell by the wayside and was replaced by LAVA, and other on-line forums, it appears that it is printed media that is becoming irrelevant .

Ben

Discalimer: Years ago I gave up a living room in favor of a library.

[Mike Ashe]

QUOTE(crelf @ May 30 2007, 12:32 PM)

Right - basing a language's popularity on book sales is poor science at best, manipulative at worst.

Agreed about popularity, and that is even more true about basing a language's supposed relevance on book sales. Considering how much emphasis is placed on quality control, testing, 6 sigma, etc, today, everything manuafactured is or will be tested to meet regulations and standards for safety, quality, etc. Many of us fly on jetliners regularly, whose components and systems are tested adn certified with LabVIEW, same for our cars, cell phones, the computers we are looking at now, the network components linking us on LAVA, the optical fiber, etc, etc.

I'd say LabVIEW indirectly touches the lives of most people in the Western world almost every day in a positive way. My current project is fuel cell research and testing, which might be relevant to an internationally debated topic or two. I know lots of others here and in the larger LabVIEW community can state the same with their current and recent projects.

LabVIEW Irrelevant? ROTFLOL !

[zoogies]

Well, I wouldn't call OCAML irrelevant or LaTeX "minor" either...