not-so-darkstar

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by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago
I didn't understand much of you said but it sounded mathy so I'm going to reply with a counterexample, just look up on youtube Russ Cox solving AoC with Acme and tell me that's not impressive! By the way, using a GUI doesn&#x
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by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago
I don't understand the idea to make everything terminal-centric. It should be one component of all the tools available to the programmer. All text editors worth using have a way to open a terminal for that one time you need it, everyth
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by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago
I too found it pretty funny
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Ask HN: Jews in Computer Science
3 points by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago|5 comments
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by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago
it's a joke
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by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago
why is it so common then? does everyone have a procrastination problem?
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Ask HN: Vim, Emacs and the time spent configuring
2 points by not-so-darkstar 11mo ago|5 comments
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
what do you think about ctags? i think when trying to understand a codebase for the first time a tool to quickly look up definitions, etc. helps immensively
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
bump
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Ask HN: Hands-On Guide to Writing Parsers?
1 points by not-so-darkstar 1y ago|1 comments
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The Lost Art of Logarithms(lostartoflogarithms.com)
2 points by not-so-darkstar 1y ago|1 comments
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A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics(pimbook.org)
3 points by not-so-darkstar 1y ago|0 comments
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
All of the languages you listed are inside my category of boring (Java and C# ??). I know functional programming from Haskell, OOP from C++ and for rest I use Python. These are the languages I would prefer for each paradigm but I also know
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
This is what I'm talking about. Your response made me even more eager to learn it!
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250615181542/https://blog.kowa...
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
It's not my first language. I already know Python and I think it's very boring. It's mostly for personal reasons regarding design of PLs and to be able to learn a new way to think about programming.
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
Yes, I meant Perl 5. Raku is a totally different beast. I got interested in Perl exactly because of its scripting capabilities. I want to replace Bash, sed, awk, etc. with a single, more powerful, language (without having to remember a bill
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
I think speed is important only for ratings in the lower end.
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Ask HN: Is it still a good idea to learn Perl for a young developer?
16 points by not-so-darkstar 1y ago|27 comments
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
I could contact you but I think sharing your advice would be beneficial to everyone.
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
I've tried many times writing an OS on my own but I always failed at some stage because the material online becomes scarce and it's very hard to proceed. I saw in your Youtube channel that you're very young, may I ask you abo
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by not-so-darkstar 1y ago
there's more here https://textbooks.aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/