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> what happens once the ruler is gone Well, in the case of Singapore, his son takes over [1]. Interestingly (for the HN crowd) he knows C++ and iirc from an ol
by virtualwhys 8y ago
> what happens once the ruler is gone
Well, in the case of Singapore, his son takes over [1]. Interestingly (for the HN crowd) he knows C++ and iirc from an old thread about the current PM, Haskell.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hsien_Loong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hsien_Loong
- toyg 8y agoFrom the linked sources: "One of [my children] browsed a book and said, 'Here, read this.'" It was a textbook on the Haskell programming language, Lee recounted. "One day that will be my retirement reading." He did get a CS master at Cambridge (UK) though, so the C++ bit is likely true.
- teyc 8y agoYou might like this - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime-minister-of-singapore-shares-his-c-code-for-sudoku-solver/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...