w_t_payne

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961.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Yeah. Even with this, they still do better than I would. My record: misconfigured air-conditioning unit alarm leading to servers being baked at high temperature over a weekend, leading to much wailing and gnashing of teeth. I now know to be
962.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
This is making me seriously consider investing some time learning J.
963.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
That sounds really nice. I must try J.
964.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Having done a little bit of reading, I would have to agree. Yes, this is exactly what monads are for.
965.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Oh. Is that what they are? Never knew that. Well, you learn something new every day. :-) (Thank you very much).
966.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Oh. I did not know that. I will have to investigate further. Thank you.
967.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Yeah, but OOP is not just a class of languages, it is a whole different way of thinking about problems and their solutions.
968.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Everything that you say is true. Thinking in Prolog does have something of the same flavor & texture as thinking in SQL. (Although my experience with both is limited & somewhat rusty at the moment). However, I seem to recall that on
969.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
I thought that monads were something to do with I/O? (I never really grokked Haskell, so please forgive my ignorance).
970.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
I will try to dig one up...
971.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
Yes. Yes I did. :-)
972.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
If I had any experience with them, I am sure that I would love them. :-)
973.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
I really did think that Apple had a policy of never apologizing. It seems that I was wrong. A great deal of kudos to Tim Cook for the apology. Perhaps an end to Apple's monumental hubris and arrogance is in sight?
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Array Languages Rock(williamtpayne.blogspot.com)
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by w_t_payne 14y ago
Sure. What is your background, and what do you want to achieve? (I assume you have a quant finance background and want to implement some sort of algo trading process). I have some experience with MATLAB, Python, C. Choose your poison. :-)
976.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
This approach is not unique to Apple, excepting in how well executed it is (or appears to be), nor is it in any way surprising given their "precision" (zero-tolerance) centralized command-and-control culture.
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10,000 hours and too little time...(williamtpayne.blogspot.com)
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978.
Quantitative Investing in Startups(williamtpayne.blogspot.com)
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979.
Pushing Complexity(williamtpayne.blogspot.com)
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980.
Credo(williamtpayne.blogspot.com)
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981.
by w_t_payne 14y ago
I happen to like fast food.