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by Sodel 14y ago
> However it speaks of a compiler for ALGOL... it was compiled down to machine instructions. Assembly is just a representation of machine instructions, so I don't see how it can be said to not have an assembly language. In this sense, y
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by Sodel 14y ago
Yeah. He mentions implementing Common Lisp for Lisp machines in [1], but unfortunately doesn't go into any real detail. My guess is that it was part of the work he did to help LMI during the Lisp Machine wars. [1] http://www.gnu.org/gnu/rm
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by Sodel 14y ago
Agreed. Whatever you think of RMS, some respect is due anyone who can honestly say "I implemented Common Lisp once".
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by Sodel 14y ago
This is probably the most succinct and intuitive analogy for SQL injection that I've ever seen.
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by Sodel 14y ago
I love Ars Technica generally, but I'm a bit confused. Why not just link to the stackexchange question? Am I missing something obvious?
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by Sodel 15y ago
Good point. This hadn't even occurred to me.
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by Sodel 15y ago
Agreed. Premature optimization is about "maybe", and feared performance loss. Responsiveness matters to users; to them, speed is a feature, insofar as they can perceive it. The "JQuery tax" absolutely is a real, and user-perceptible issue.
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by Sodel 15y ago
Hm? The first line on that page links to the book, posted online for free. The whole book is under a Creative Commons license.
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by Sodel 15y ago
Holy crackers, that document is one of the most exciting things I've encountered in a long time. I had no idea it existed! I wish it was featured more prominently in the Plan 9 community. The Plan 9 source is really a work of art. I cannot
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by Sodel 15y ago
>The difference between your examples and the music industry is that buggy whip makers lost because they had an inferior product; who would want a horse-driven carriage when they could have a car?" But here, people are still TAKING the
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by Sodel 15y ago
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery I am fully convinced the same is true for companies. Shedding these opens opportunities for new projects
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by Sodel 15y ago
What's more, the prospect of once again working with a company that prides itself on unlimited beer is horrifying. At my old job, we worked with a certain game development company at the behest of a larger publisher. They also had recently
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ARM announces ARM v8, with 64 bit addressing(osnews.com)
3 points by Sodel 15y ago|0 comments
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by Sodel 15y ago
I always like reading about how people did things back when dinosaurs ruled the data center. Do you know of any web pages that detail this sort of thing?
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by Sodel 15y ago
I would definitely stipulate that the clients applied to this metric need to be "clueful". You might give them exactly what you asked for, only to have them discover that what they asked for wasn't really what they wanted; "clients from hel
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by Sodel 15y ago
This is why HN is great. I've never seen this before! All that, and back when computers has less power than our mobile phones.
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by Sodel 15y ago
I think it's neat! At the very least, its easier to parse at a glance.
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A lot of effort to prove that e^(*pi) + 1 = 0 is ugly(symbo1ics.com)
6 points by Sodel 15y ago|2 comments
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The Noel Smith-Wenkle Salary Negotiation Method(infohost.nmt.edu)
4 points by Sodel 15y ago|0 comments