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by charlysl 9y ago
Here it is described from a FP perspective: https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=_bmyEnUnfTsC&lpg=PA56&p...
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by charlysl 9y ago
Its just that its domain is mostly restricted to the web. As you pointed out this is not so terrible at all, at the end of the day that's where the bulk of the jobs are for instance. Actually, I am amazed that a language that was origi
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by charlysl 9y ago
You have a point, I shouldn't have said "no concurrency". You are restricted to what ammounts to coroutining, which is just one of the many concurrency techniques out there, none of which you can teach with javascript. You wo
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by charlysl 9y ago
You can certainly learn many concepts and techniques using js, but it is still a severily limited language for general programming. You could learn using many different languages for sure, but I believe it would be more efficient with one l
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by charlysl 9y ago
By concurrency I mean expressing in the language that a computation or operation is independent, for instance by putting it in a thread or making it lazy, and all the programming techniques that this enables: active objects, order finding (
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by charlysl 9y ago
I believe that teaching programming should be centered around teaching programming concepts as opposed to languages, a la SICP or Concept Techniques Models of Computer Programming. The languages used there (Scheme and Oz) are just vehicles
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by charlysl 9y ago
Js quite limited for teaching, no concurrency for instance
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Fixing Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's tough goal for the new year(theguardian.com)
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Meltdown and Spectre: Apple says security flaws affect all Mac and iOS devices(theguardian.com)
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Google Realtime API Deprecation(developers.google.com)
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A Guide to Virtual Reality for Web Developers(smashingmagazine.com)
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Ukraine kidnappers release hostage after $1m Bitcoin ransom paid(theguardian.com)
1 points by charlysl 9y ago|0 comments
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by charlysl 9y ago
What is possible? What is likely to happen? What is desirable to have happen? In a sense the first is Science — what is possible. The second is Engineering — what are the human factors which chose the one future that does happen from the e
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The experts’ guide to making – and keeping – your New Year resolutions(theguardian.com)
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by charlysl 9y ago
TLDR: sales decrease in paper for printing & writing more than being offset by Amazon effect (packaging; food and drink too) & tissue.
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Why a ‘paperless world’ still hasn’t happened(theguardian.com)
147 points by charlysl 9y ago|152 comments
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Concrete problems in AI safety(blog.acolyer.org)
2 points by charlysl 9y ago|0 comments
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by charlysl 9y ago
But can't higher-order programming and lazy execution be done in OO too? It seems to me, for instance, that Iterators are a form of higher-order programming, because they can be used to abstract all kinds of traversals. Such use is des
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Why Functional Programming Matters(blog.acolyer.org)
3 points by charlysl 9y ago|1 comments
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by charlysl 9y ago
15k, 10k, etc?
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Bitcoin price plunges $2,000 in 12 hours as year-end rally fizzles out(theguardian.com)
44 points by charlysl 9y ago|58 comments
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by charlysl 9y ago
I like Russell's definition (and his beautiful prose): Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science. Like theology, it consists of speculations on matters as to which definite know
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by charlysl 9y ago
If TE paywalls you, just google the title
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Why is America more tolerant of inequality than many rich countries?(economist.com)
3 points by charlysl 9y ago|2 comments
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Amtrak derailment: safety gear was not active after rush to launch service(theguardian.com)
69 points by charlysl 9y ago|106 comments
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WebAssembly Will Finally Let You Run High-Performance Apps in Your Browser(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by charlysl 9y ago|1 comments
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by charlysl 9y ago
"Its development is backed by people at Mozilla, Microsoft, Google and Apple." It seems this is for real then? JS has had a surprisingly long life actually given its original use cases, and I understand the objections to wasm, but
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How Trump walked into Putin’s web(theguardian.com)
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by charlysl 9y ago
Singapore and HK are more like city states in a strategic position without a hinterland. I doubt anything can be extrapolated from them.
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by charlysl 9y ago
Threads indeed, this one really brought it home: "the film was the first of its kind to depict a nuclear winter. Certain reviewers nominated Threads as the "film which comes closest to representing the full horror of nuclear war a

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