BruceJillis

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   by BruceJillis 15y ago

   Hello HN, due to some unforeseen trouble in both my private and professional lives I had a lot of free & alone time over the winterbreak and I decided to tackle a worthwile project. :) It taught me a heck of a lot about python modules (
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   Show HN: Minimal untyped functional PL ala early Haskell Core (5k lo-python-c)(github.com)

   2 points by BruceJillis 15y ago|1 comments
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   by BruceJillis 15y ago

   Cool! A very nice read.. thanks for sharing. I actually looked at that puzzle but decided strawberry fields was more interesting. My solution comes up with reasonably efficient answers within a minute or so, even on a 1000h eeepc :) I don't
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   by BruceJillis 15y ago

   Came here to make a remark about Knuth. Indeed, in TACP vol 1, fascicle 1 (the new MMIX design) he talks about being able to address memory in chunks larger than 8 bits and specifically remarks about the unused bits: "we will find precious
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   by BruceJillis 15y ago

   Agreed, there is a pretty good discussion over on the portland pattern repository that echoes your take: "Elegance" really just means "has a lot of nice properties". So, when someone claims 'elegance', you should stop them and ask for clari
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   by BruceJillis 16y ago

   For a constant growth rate of r%, the formula for the doubling time Td is given by log(2)/log(1 + r/100) which can be simplified to approximatly 70/r. * See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_72 for more info and background/variations t