enigman

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   by enigman 19y ago

   Males have a strong "play ethic". This, I think, explains why it's largely men who become world-class hackers. The male play-ethic has less to do with brains or ability, and more to do with desire and a compulsion to play with technology
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   by enigman 19y ago

   In theory, it should be possible to get better performance out of a Lisp application, since most versions of Common Lisp include a compiler. Ruby is interpreted at present and can be slower in some contexts. Runtime pauses for garbage col
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   by enigman 19y ago

   Uh-huh. This guy Carr reminds me of the famous New Yorker cartoon showing two scientists standing at a blackboard. On the left and right are a bunch of equations, and in the middle, connecting the left-side with the right-side is a cloud
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   by enigman 19y ago

   I'm 53, almost 54. Not everyone over 30 is a technophobe or afraid of change. Access to computers was very hard to come by when I was in my teens, but a lot of folks were interested nonetheless. By my early 20s the first PCs were hittin