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by overgard 16y ago
I think a large part of the problem is that there aren't strong incentives to switch to Python 3, or at least that was the case when it first came out, and first impressions tend to matter. To me, as a user, it looked like "slower and none
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by overgard 16y ago
I don't know Haskell very well, but I assume you're defining an |> function? If so that's pretty neat. Haskell's flexibility always impresses me. I think the F# version generally assumes one argument too, though I think you could use pa
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by overgard 16y ago
Interesting point with regards to functional programming, although it's worth pointing out that at least some functional languages have operators that allow you to do what you're describing. For instance, in F# instead of writing "f x" you
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by overgard 16y ago
I've only used a PHP a small amount, so admittedly my observations are from an outside perspective, but there are a number of quirks that bother me about it (small example: (string)"false" == (int)0 ... seriously?). Seems nice enough for sm
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by overgard 16y ago
I think the spirit of the post is right on, but I'm not a fan of the example given. That's the kind of code that scares people away from lisp. Which isn't to say it's bad code, but it's not nearly intuitive enough to use as an example.
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by overgard 17y ago
I generally agree with the sentiment of this article, though I feel like I need to get better at using git anyway. It's a leaky abstraction and very unintuitive, no doubt, but after using Git regularly I just can't go back to subversion, th
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by overgard 17y ago
I really like this idea of learning things the "hard" way, of doing something and then figuring out why without a lot of handholding. I think it works for beginners, but it also works equally well for experts -- for instance if I'm learning
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by overgard 17y ago
My feeling on the guy, is that, while he is a pretentious and sometimes insufferable ass, he's also complex and interesting and hard to write off. He says and does a lot of things that are very foolish, but I respect him as an artist becaus
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by overgard 17y ago
I liked the last paragraph of that: "For me the hardest thing is to 'just' agree and that is what sparks creativity, the feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something's missing, the feeling that something's needed." I lik
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On seeing like a cat(ribbonfarm.com)
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Why Twitter Matters(machineintheghost.com)
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Video games and epic stories(machineintheghost.com)
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by overgard 17y ago
One thing I disagree with in this blog post is the implicit idea that you should know what you're doing before you try to do something. Unless you're building rockets, often times the best way to learn is by just jumping in and making somet
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by overgard 17y ago
I wish that were the case, but often it seems being controversial is a more direct path to popularity than thoughtfulness is.
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by overgard 17y ago
From a philosophical standpoint, I don't think you were wrong to borrow interface ideas. (I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds to say though, that while copying some of their better ideas, I think you may have also copied some of their wor
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by overgard 17y ago
When someone is deciding what language to learn, though, surface details are the main thing they have to work with. It doesn't necessarily make it justified, but it's the reality of the situation.