brakl

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1. 1.▲
   by brakl 4mo ago

   This is a losing proposition. Because just like in Python, it may also generate endless debates on "ok, but what exactly is the idiomatic way for this particular thing here"? Is it A, or B, or maybe C? Since many are always possib
2. 2.▲
   by brakl 11y ago

   No, I did not get that far, would've meant a larger rewrite of the ecosystem, the data files were created by other tools, already in "alternate form" [1] needing to be used by other programs as well. I stopped trying to load
3. 3.▲
   by brakl 11y ago

   > Go has regexps, and a very good implementation at it. In my experience, porting code from Perl to Go, Go's regexp package is vastly inferior to Perl's, in multiple areas, speed, memory, unicode handling (eg: \b works on ascii
4. 4.▲
   by brakl 12y ago

   I'd be fine with the swearing if it'd be backed up by some knowledge and experience, but that smug attitude is just incredibly irritating when coupled with such level of ignorance. First decide what are you going to bash. Some lib