dingfeng_quek

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1. 61.▲
   by dingfeng_quek 15y ago

   It's now DrRacket. DrRacket is pretty much like emacs with only 1 configuration. I use it a lot
2. 62.▲
   by dingfeng_quek 15y ago

   If clarity was one of the design goals, the author should have included the 2x2 matrix. Sometimes, the best opinions aren't those that corrects our wrongly-held beliefs, but those that don't create them, which is much more silent.
3. 63.▲
   by dingfeng_quek 15y ago

   Typing adds constraints - the type must be represented by and implemented in a particular type system. A trivial anti-modular constraint is that interacting modules must all use the same type system. The type system matters too - in Java, c
4. 64.▲
   by dingfeng_quek 15y ago

   It is easy to agree that there MUST be essential dependencies between modules in a system designed separated in a certain way. (Ignoring some philo arguments on identity, separation and reference point...) The issue is whether the interfaci
5. 65.▲
   by dingfeng_quek 15y ago

   The presentation on the site doesn't do the language and its design justice, so I'll fill in a bit here. Qi is a programming language with a "powerful" static type system, which can be useful. Other generally usable languages with "powerful