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The article appears to be written by Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's son, Li Hongyi. http://theindependent.sg/li-hongyi-singapore-has-a-lot-of-pro

The article appears to be written by Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's son, Li Hongyi. http://theindependent.sg/li-hongyi-singapore-has-a-lot-of-problems-but-we-have-political-stability-and-resources/ http://theindependent.sg/li-hongyi-singapore-has-a-lot-of-pr...

wenc 7y ago
Also, his brother Li Haoyi wrote Ammonite, a well-known Scala REPL.
- lifeisstillgood 7y ago
  Sorry - the son of Singapore's Prime Minister is a Scala Hacker ... I keep on saying that Software Literacy is a real thing. And that this current generation of leaders are like Charlemagne - he was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the last who was illiterate. Interesting to see it in practise
  - mappu 7y ago
    Singapore's Prime Minister prefers C++: 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...
    - typon 7y ago
      > One of them 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." Even Singapore's PM has to put up with smug Haskell programmers
  - coldtea 7y ago
    >I keep on saying that Software Literacy is a real thing. And that this current generation of leaders are like Charlemagne - he was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the last who was illiterate. And probably he was the best of what followed as well, so this literacy thing didn't go as well, where power figures were concerned...
hnick 7y ago
Now I'm wondering why the children romanized their surname as Li not Lee. I came across this article: https://mothership.sg/2015/03/lee-hsien-yang-reveals-the-story-behind-the-names-in-the-lee-family/ https://mothership.sg/2015/03/lee-hsien-yang-reveals-the-sto... > I have taught my children never to mention or flaunt their relationship to their grandfather, that they needed to make their own way in the world only on their own merits and industry.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  Singapore's older generations speak/spoke Chinese "dialects" like Hakka (Lee Kuan Yew's heritage), but there has been a massive government-led push towards standardizing on Mandarin as the one true Chinese. Hence Lee Hsien Loong's children all have their names officially romanized in Mandarin pinyin (Li), not Hakka (Lee). The underlying character, 李, is still the same.

wenc 7y ago

Also, his brother Li Haoyi wrote Ammonite, a well-known Scala REPL.

lifeisstillgood 7y ago
Sorry - the son of Singapore's Prime Minister is a Scala Hacker ... I keep on saying that Software Literacy is a real thing. And that this current generation of leaders are like Charlemagne - he was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the last who was illiterate. Interesting to see it in practise
- mappu 7y ago
  Singapore's Prime Minister prefers C++: 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...
  - typon 7y ago
    > One of them 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." Even Singapore's PM has to put up with smug Haskell programmers
- coldtea 7y ago
  >I keep on saying that Software Literacy is a real thing. And that this current generation of leaders are like Charlemagne - he was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the last who was illiterate. And probably he was the best of what followed as well, so this literacy thing didn't go as well, where power figures were concerned...

hnick 7y ago

Now I'm wondering why the children romanized their surname as Li not Lee. I came across this article: https://mothership.sg/2015/03/lee-hsien-yang-reveals-the-story-behind-the-names-in-the-lee-family/ https://mothership.sg/2015/03/lee-hsien-yang-reveals-the-sto... > I have taught my children never to mention or flaunt their relationship to their grandfather, that they needed to make their own way in the world only on their own merits and industry.

9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
Singapore's older generations speak/spoke Chinese "dialects" like Hakka (Lee Kuan Yew's heritage), but there has been a massive government-led push towards standardizing on Mandarin as the one true Chinese. Hence Lee Hsien Loong's children all have their names officially romanized in Mandarin pinyin (Li), not Hakka (Lee). The underlying character, 李, is still the same.