rottc0dd

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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   Not to refute your point here, but I consider improvements in the way the language lets you express your thoughts is also very important. But, I get what you are saying. Consider an extreme straw man example of roman numeral system winning
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   I have just used one language professionally, but do you think having just one language can solve the problem? But, I agree if a language has all the features you need, and is mainstream, you are well off using that than jumping in for ano
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   I am a noob and I am happy to be corrected. Every language is designed with a specific design decisions and tradeoffs intended for hopefully wide audience. I think C and unix culture reflects this in some way. It is home grown environment
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   I donated too. I am yet to use it. Hope they release a desktop version not linked to phone soon.
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   Author's name is David Moon. For people who are wondering.
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   Well, I am not sure about Java 11. It took 25 years, yes and organization I work has just entered the java 8 world completely. It was originally written in Java 7 and it took 5 long years to completely transition to Java 8. Even then (Java
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   You have to create a class with main method, just to start. And you need to know, what are access specifiers, what are classes and static methods. Of course, you can just ignore them as something you just have to do, but I think buy design
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   I learned C as my first language and suggest it as first language. And I think it is relatively small language, (discounting all the different details open to implementation not covered in the spec). One thing I would miss as a beginner is
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   by rottc0dd 6y ago

   I just have joined Discord because, I joined a language class and needed some way to communicate to the classmates. And all other people are on whatsapp, and hence it became official channel of communication. A fellow classmate was kind eno
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Too late to edit, posted wrong link. Right one : https://lisphub.jp/common-lisp/users/index.cgi?Essay%3AS-exp...
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    And it is the last line of last page of the document. Imagine reading through the whole thing and coming to the last page just to see the last sentence saying that. I think it is more of a spec, and discussion of implementation ideas for a
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    I think author is not a fan of classic lisp representation, the s expressions. http://www.archub.org/arcsug.txt
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    Lunar Programming Language (2018)(users.rcn.com)

    58 points by rottc0dd 6y ago|17 comments
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Not a complete transpiler, butI read about an interview about JVM implementation done on common lisp of Pascal Costanza and ability to port all things then supported in Java to lisp[0]. "...I decided to implement a Java Virtual Machine
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    In our organization, for comparing two files in custom data format and generating a html file in backend of an internal app. It was using an old bash script(!), to generate the file. I was able learn little awk, and was able to write a 100
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Somebody put together a page of code and writings of _why[0]. [0]: https://viewsourcecode.org/why/
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Well, I think it is subjective. I found it delightful and I just found it a couple of months ago. It intrigued me and encouraged me to learn the language. And I am reading ruby guides and manuals in late nights. I have no idea _why. I think
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Edit : If there are not other ways to pass it by. Too late to edit now
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    I have not read any extensive studies of his work, but I have section regarding him in "The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood" [0], super cool. It is also a nice book overall IMHO. [0] https://www.amazon.com&#x2
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Disclaimer : Kind of tangent-but-not-so-tangent. I do not use smartphones. I do not remember the exact rationale of how it started. But, it generates a lot of free time for your life. Whenever people question it, I would reply, "Well,
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Yep. It works fine on ff version 82.0/Ubuntu. Thanks for checking it up.
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Yep. It works fine on ff version 82.0/Ubuntu. Thanks.
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Pretty cool. Disclaimer : Not regarding the demo itself. It is not working on firefox version 81.0.2. It works fine on chrome though.
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    A great find. Thanks.
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    I am newb here, but I found this to be hilarious. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13142737 Also, this one was nice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15107536 Edit: Formatting
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    Old discussion links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16447905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9575786 https//news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23943784
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    by rottc0dd 6y ago

    As a long time follower of Grant Sanderson[0], I concur. His works are awesome. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw Edit : Added link