curist

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by curist 3y ago
Is having a dedicated fn keyword necessary? I mean, what’s the fundamental difference between a func and a fn ?
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by curist 4y ago
JavaScript as an ecosystem and language became much more accessible than ever, with all the toolings and TypeScript, it's easier to build abstractions upon abstractions; and people love to have their own version of abstractions. It&#x2
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by curist 4y ago
Finally a WASM runtime provides a more detailed C API document.
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by curist 4y ago
By using comptime, the statement couldn't be runtime composed, right? That's currently the major holdback for me to spend more time on zig: if using comptime become more common in zig community, the libs could be less flexible to
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by curist 5y ago
Didn't recognize you're the OP! So my comment may not be that off-topic then :D > But learning programming language theory is the best part :) That's very true :)
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by curist 5y ago
> (do-texture texture > o O r R x2) This might be another reason why I find macros less appealing: macros introduce DSL in form of normal s-expression, but they don't actually behave like a function; macros introduce their own
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by curist 5y ago
May be unrelated, but that's why I prefer the way JS approach this kind of problem: JS doesn't have macros. People use callback function to achieve almost the same thing function doTexture(texture, fn) { beginTextureMode(t
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by curist 6y ago
Somewhat related: https://danluu.com/input-lag/
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by curist 6y ago
VirtualDOM is more of an implementation detail IMO. What I love about React is for its declarative API and we can compose components easily.
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by curist 7y ago
According to their chinese doc, the number is actually "multiple hundred millions", so it's more likely just a translation issue.