jayferd

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by jayferd 13y ago
If multiple elements of the same tag exist, a proper array of elements is returned otherwise an Element is returned. STAHP. Please don't make the type of the return value dependent on runtime state. This is exactly
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by jayferd 13y ago
Uh, ruby can be parsed, it's just hard. It's waaaay saner than perl.
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by jayferd 13y ago
"Code is meant to be consumed by machines" Well, partly. Code is actually a piece of writing intended for two very different audiences - one human, one machine. The machine doesn't actually care how long your lines are - th
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Monad.java(gist.github.com)
5 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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Extensible Effects - An Alternative to Monad Transformers(lambda-the-ultimate.org)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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by jayferd 13y ago
Yeah but they all boil down to the central charge of "embarrassing the government".
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by jayferd 13y ago
Just asked about this on #altjs, and it looks like TypeScript will actually give you a static error if you try to assign to a free variable.
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by jayferd 13y ago
Hm, but it seems to be a runtime error. Is there a transpiler or other tool that will give you static errors if you try to set an out-of-scope variable?
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by jayferd 13y ago
Actually, good js implementations (like v8, for example) will only create one code object shared by all the unpack functions, with separate closures assigned to each. And since closures can (usually) be statically determined, they can use
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by jayferd 13y ago
An alternative would be the old lambda-calculus trick of just saving the function with values in the closure. function Tuple(/* args... */) { var args = arguments; this.unpack = function(fn) { return fn.a
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by jayferd 13y ago
I really like the way scheme does it. In order to mutate a variable (which is actually comparatively rare), you have to use `set!`, and to create a binding (much more common), you just call `define`. `set!` is incapable of creating new bi
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by jayferd 13y ago
I assume you're being facetious (tm).
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Sticks, stones, but names are not useful to me(blog.tmorris.net)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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by jayferd 13y ago
Okay that's an awesome acronym. "Language for Systems Development" = LSD
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Math::TAU(rubygems.org)
2 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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MySQL Bug #20786 gets cake for its 7th birthday(youtube.com)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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Robot Programmed to Fall in Love with a Girl Goes too Far(the-technology-zone.blogspot.com)
2 points by jayferd 13y ago|2 comments
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Controversial ministry offering "alternative to homosexuality" to shut doors(cbsnews.com)
2 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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Turning Your Code Inside Out(prog21.dadgum.com)
2 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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Haskell Game Object Design - Or How Functions Can Get You Apples(gamedev.net)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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The Day the NYSE went Yippie (2007)(cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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by jayferd 13y ago
"No."
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by jayferd 13y ago
Warning: auto-playing video.
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Unions as Functions(brehaut.net)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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by jayferd 13y ago
"By electronic e-mail" groan
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Working with Ruby Threads(jstorimer.com)
2 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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Reversible Javascript(will.thimbleby.net)
1 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments
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by jayferd 13y ago
Let's beam! ...igos
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by jayferd 13y ago
Metaprogramming syntax isn't built in to ruby. Instead, it's really internally consistent and lets you leave out a few tokens, which means it's really easy to write libraries with beautiful interfaces . The built-in features usually try t
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Extend the Web Forward(yehudakatz.com)
3 points by jayferd 13y ago|0 comments

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