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by dmytrish 9y ago
There's a GCC extension that also allows to mark C/C++ functions as `noreturn` (in C, it's a compiler-specific attribute, not a part of the language, unlike Rust): void myexit(int c) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
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> performance – I can see how a SPA may be slower to load initially but use fewer data and be more interactive later. > cross-browser consistency - do you mean that client-side frameworks are usually well-tested in different [versions
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> The major interaction that goes on in gyms is not between members or between members and staff, but between the fitness devotee and his or her body. That's exactly what makes a gym a palatable place for asocial types like me.
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It's hard to imagine natural formation of such a complex structure in real universe. It needs a lot of precision (interplanetary engineering?) or luck to put 416 bodies in the exact positions and velocity for the model to be stable. An
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Now it makes more sense. I'd prefer to have a brief technical explanation why Javascript is needed instead of this condescending labeling. Edit: NoScript is not a luxury for technically minded geeks anymore, it's a necessary prote
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by dmytrish 9y ago
In my experience, static site generators are not a complete solution. Unless you are satisfied with the default look and feel of generated pages (or a theme available), even Jekyll needs some tinkering, debugging and diving into the code. S
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I am not an expert in garbage collection techniques, but this article does not even mention locality of reference (copying GCs improve locality on each compaction) and how many cache misses are introduced by increased fragmentation. Are the
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You can write good code in Lisp, but isn't it wiser to choose a language/technology that drains less organizational resources for herding cats?
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tl;dr: doubling size of metadata (and usually a half of a 128bit address is zeros anyway). Having twice as much space occupied has many implications: twice as much space lost for data itself, less metadata will fit CPU caches, less throughp
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Return type polymorphism has usecases where it is irreplaceable (see other comment threads). I am just pointing out an example of bad use, which is not a problem of the language, just of this specific API. As for APIs in general, sometimes
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by dmytrish 9y ago
Thanks! I feel the same about "tmux vs screen": tmux panes are just so much easier to use and more flexible than in screen, even though screen can split windows).
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Today I learned that `:: IO [Int]` at the end of an expression is applied to the whole expression. Thanks!
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I am definitely not against languages extensions in general. I think that it's one of the unique features of Haskell that keep it stable and flexible at the same time. If I already have `ScopedTypeVariables` in scope for other valid re
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by dmytrish 9y ago
I don't know how can I actually do this inside a do-block: xs :: [Int] <- ... does not work without `ScopedTypeVariables` (and I don't like proliferation of redundant language extensions). In Rust, sure, it's not
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Yes, it feels great to just drop `read` into a context with enough type information to infer the return type. On the other hand, when the type context is not sufficient, it gets a bit bulky: -- with sufficient type context: xs <-
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by dmytrish 9y ago
I don't use panes much, but Terminal.app seems to have panes too.
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There are different dimensions of "complex": 1. How cumbersome a language is to use (as a beginner, as a confident developer, etc). - C++ is rather easy to start, but takes ages to master and surprises even powerful users daily. -
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by dmytrish 9y ago
Ads could run on something like the Ethereum virtual machine, having a limited amount of "gas" (instructions) to execute.
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by dmytrish 9y ago
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experime... This link is not exactly about low gravity (it's about zero gravity effects), but it might be reasonable to assume that the same mechanism
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Also, your blood won't boil and eyes won't pop put when exposed to the atmosphere directly. Also, no bone/vision problems due to one third of Earth gravity. Also, abundant water without sulphuric contaminants. Also, good prot
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GET requests just do not make sense for actions: they are cacheable and replayable. An http client/a proxy/something on the backend can cache it and avoid going to the actual logic. Also, mixing credentials into URL does not feel
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Actually, we had a POSIX port of Ling of alpha quality (e.g. no access to file system, a prototype of network connections based on libuv, etc) and experimented with running it on MIPS microcontrollers natively (not a great idea due to memor
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by dmytrish 9y ago
> If you had to build one from scratch, how would you do it? I consider Jupyter notebooks to be a fascinating evolution of the terminal paradigm: their basic behavior is close enough to a terminal, but then you are free to rearrange, rer
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I like Plan 9 terminal somewhat, even though it's infuriatingly simplistic and non-ergonomic: - the idea of the terminal as a document which can be navigated is pretty interesting (tmux fixes this to some degree). - the possibility to
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by dmytrish 9y ago
So there is no country called "Input/Output", what a bummer.
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No, there is O1 visa for that.
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Perl has a lot of crappy language design decisions (which make it "fun" and a tire fire waiting to happen in any large-ish codebase): - interpretation of a variable (is it a list, a number, a string, a hash?) depends on the contex
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Scala may be written in functional style, which is a poor match for JVM (e.g.: uglyness of `@tailrec` annotations, absence of mutually-recursive functions, JVMs GCs are not usually optimized for that many ephemeral objects, etc). Native cod
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Just a wild guess: Pascal may use tightly packed structures without alignment by default?
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This is also a good addition for functional programming in Python: https://github.com/kachayev/fn.py

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