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These points are personal challenges in learning how FlightGear works, writing code and documentation, and debugging. | These points are personal challenges in learning how FlightGear works, writing code and documentation, and debugging. | ||
* Object-oriented programming - Don't get me started. Based on secondary sources I agree with Alan Kay's thoughts on it.<ref> | * Object-oriented programming - Don't get me started. Based on secondary sources, I agree with Alan Kay's thoughts on it.<ref> | ||
[https://wiki.c2.com/?AlanKaysDefinitionOfObjectOriented Alan Kays Definition Of Object Oriented]</ref> Alan appears to live nearby. Maybe I'll get up the nerve to ask him personally. Finally, I am pretty sure I am not "a can of Coke<ref> [http://www.johno.se/book/oops.html OOPs - nasty traps in Object Oriented Programming]</ref>." | [https://wiki.c2.com/?AlanKaysDefinitionOfObjectOriented Alan Kays Definition Of Object Oriented]</ref> Alan appears to live nearby. Maybe I'll get up the nerve to ask him personally. Finally, I am pretty sure I am not "a can of Coke<ref> [http://www.johno.se/book/oops.html OOPs - nasty traps in Object Oriented Programming]</ref>." | ||
* C++, when I learned C++, the STL was new. New as in "Do you need a container? Please feel free to write an implementation as homework". There has been significant progress since then, but I never actually wrote any C++ professionally, so I'm catching up on the changes in C++98, 03, 11, 14, 17, and 20. | * C++, when I learned C++, the STL was new. New as in "Do you need a container? Please feel free to write an implementation as homework". There has been significant progress since then, but I never actually wrote any C++ professionally, so I'm catching up on the changes in C++98, 03, 11, 14, 17, and 20. | ||
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* The property tree is a global data store used for most intercommunication between subsystems, but it has no concept of messaging or data flow management. Everything is done with callbacks on individual properties. It's like watching an ant colony. | * The property tree is a global data store used for most intercommunication between subsystems, but it has no concept of messaging or data flow management. Everything is done with callbacks on individual properties. It's like watching an ant colony. | ||
None of the above should be taken as a suggestion that FlightGear development take any specific direction in the future. That will come from me only after I've become a regular and significant contributor of C++, Nasal, and FlightGear data. Nor should it be taken as criticism of what has been done so far in the 28-year history of the project. | None of the above should be taken as a suggestion that FlightGear development take any specific direction in the future. That will come from me only after I've become a regular and significant contributor of C++, Nasal, and FlightGear data. Nor should it be taken as criticism of what has been done so far in the 28-year history of the project. | ||
== Getting an Giving Help == | == Getting an Giving Help == | ||