TheMiller

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1. 31.▲
   by TheMiller 13y ago

   And when you've been writing code for decades, it becomes quite evident that "those other people" can easily be your past selves.
2. 32.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   Sorry I didn't follow the link. Given the link's text, "I have been invited", I didn't expect it to lead to background information, but rather just to, well, an invitation. My bad.
3. 33.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   The author notably tries to refute arguments against the use of exceptions for control flow, but doesn't present any reasons (at least not in this article) as to why this usage might be a good idea. There's no compelling reason to introdu
4. 34.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   Various exceptions to freedom of speech have been upheld by the Supreme Court; this constitutional right is not absolute. If significant new research results appeared, it would not be surprising if the court to revisited the issue to consid
5. 35.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   I realize this is quite off the main topic, but I thought it was interesting and worth passing on. If you really think that "four different kinds of equality" in Common Lisp is a wart, then I recommend that you read "The Best of Intentions"
6. 36.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   And a good book for folks who already know how to program and want to learn Lisp in some depth is "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
7. 37.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   I have to say: That last sentence made me, quite literally, laugh out loud. Excellent. :)
8. 38.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   Is this a case of media hype -- and/or the researchers themselves using innuendo to inflate the importance of their research? http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2012/05/bogus-story-no-chinese...
9. 39.▲
   by TheMiller 14y ago

   Thanks for the reply. In the talk, I missed the point that transaction functions are able to implement "optimistic CAS" (which I assume is the same as what is more traditionally but inaccurately called "optimistic locking"). To clarify, tho
10. 40.▲
    by TheMiller 14y ago

    To elaborate further on what saurik has already pointed out: Hickey's "update-in-place" characterization of relational databases places blame in the wrong place. This is more about how people think about the data models; they think of their
11. 41.▲
    by TheMiller 14y ago

    Lots of ways to learn. Aside from what others have already mentioned, work on a lot of existing code. This can be others' code, or code you wrote yourself months or years ago. Whether you're fixing a bug, or adding an enhancement, or just t