dmpk2k

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by dmpk2k 11mo ago
Alleged? Come now. Beginners face the following problems: there's multiple standard libraries, many documents are barely more than type signatures, and data structures aren't printable by default. Experts also face the problem of
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by dmpk2k 11mo ago
OCaml has been one of those "almost there" languages since at least 2002. Most of the worthwhile ideas in OCaml will be absorbed into more popular languages by the time existing friction is sorted out. :/
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
Maybe my circle is unusual, but almost none of the programmers I know live down to the popular stereotypes. Most of them are popular, and a third are jacked. You need to get out more for your own good.
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
Imagine what it could do with modern SIMD and many cores. Won't come close to dGPU, but still...
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
I liked Slackware a lot way back when. No deeper reason. Currently leaning towards Debian Testing, but that might depend on my testing of Slackware now. I use Arch daily in WSL, but I've have had enough breakages that I don't want
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
How is Slackware doing nowadays? Last release was several years ago, but I need a replacement for Win 10 on my PC.
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
Having once been poor I understand you, but this is missing the bigger picture. If you're going to improve at mathematics you need to put serious time into it. Instead of an hour of extra work every day, you're doing math instead.
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
Are you sure about boxed integers? Perhaps you mean floats? As far as I know Ocaml uses the typical integer/pointer divide.
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
They get the reigns when they're an adult. The prior poster did mention supervision.
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by dmpk2k 1y ago
Does it have a native compiler and/or types? Basically, can it get in the ballpark of SBCL's performance? It'd be nice to have something cleaner than Common Lisp, and a much smaller image size. If it has decent performance to
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
There is a balance though, because large organisations tend to ossify, yet the environment continues to change.
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
HL: Alex happened because "upper management" (aka the people with the actual power in their amorphous organizational structure) was engaged, and wanted a major title in VR. Major titles do not happen otherwise; excitement by the t
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
That was just an excuse by Valve. The reality was that they were unable to finish numerous HL attempts due to the shortcomings of their organisational structure and somewhat absent/aloof/fickle top management. Maybe they’ve fina
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
I wish there was a new generation of HP-48, just with a faster core and better screen. :( I have a SwissMicro DM-42, which when setup properly is similar to a HP-48, just minus graphing capabilities. Still want a HP-48 refresh.
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
I used to think the same as you about 1-based indexing in Lua... until I tried using Lua in a game engine. I was constantly getting hit in the face with problems (e.g. coordinate systems and off-by-one errors), even after spending far too
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
If that rather benign comment makes you almost throw up...
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
One thing I've learned watching politicians the past few decades is that laws are guidelines. If the political will exists, politicians will find a way.
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
I agree with the observations of the author. I have found MA much more engaging than any book I've crossed paths with. Going from a pile of math textbooks to MA was going from good intentions to good results; it's quite amazing
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
It's trivial to justify if you're a middle-class Westerner. You'll likely spend dozens (more likely hundreds) of hours to properly refresh your knowledge; $50/mo is dominated by the time needed, unless your time is worth
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
If everyone is reinventing the same wheel, then... Furthermore, those wheels aren't necessarily interoperable the way something built into the standard library would be; it's not just a convenience.
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
The latter point is a very strong argument for a hash table implementation in the standard library.
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
How about some basic hash table support in the standard library first? I know this is snarky, but ISO's priorities over the past couple decades... :(
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
How does the Datalog approach compare with RETE?
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
Wow. That second paragraph sounds like _blatant_ war propaganda. Unless there’s plentiful evidence for the above (it’s possible one-off, I suppose), I think you’ve gone full fruit-loop territory. I humbly suggest you look in the mirror and
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
Is any thought being put into adding parallelism in the future?
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by dmpk2k 2y ago
I'd love to see a real-time multi-threaded & SIMD raytracer in C/C++/Rust. Plenty of math in there, but an opportunity to discuss thread & data parallelism, PBR, data structures for large scenes, profiling and optimiz
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by dmpk2k 3y ago
It seems that a number of defaults in Git could be changed for the better (were it not for breaking backward compat).
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by dmpk2k 3y ago
I find it funny.
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by dmpk2k 3y ago
The Minsk agreements were highly favourable to the Russians, since they were basically forced on the Ukrainians. That’s why Poroshenko was going around saying Ukraine would never abide by them. Claiming the opposite is just muddying the wat
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by dmpk2k 3y ago
It seems the Russians were trying to scare the Ukrainians to the negotiating table. And it worked too, for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russ... Now it's just butchery on an indu

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