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by wirrbel 13y ago
Sadly the source code review stays far away from the source code for most lines. I would have liked to see examples on how algorithms are implemented in git and general notions on git's coding style, testing?? and other interesting stu
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by wirrbel 13y ago
The fatal fact about python and python 3 is, that python 2.7 seems to be considered a convenient and stable plattform by its users. A dream come true for all the "prudent" folks out there who do not want anything to change. The le
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Vim-Neovim: Convert function declarations from K&R to ANSI style(github.com)
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by wirrbel 13y ago
First I was annoyed at yet another upvote fishing blog post on stack overflow. Then I read it, while I was annoyed at getting caught by the catchy headline that I conciously despised. Then I saw that it was not at all about some forum on th
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Regarding C and C++, I am slightly leaning towards C. While C++ offers some abstractions over C that are really nice to have, it often feels like an awkward chimera. I see C as a even-higher-level assembly language. c++ was a logical step b
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by wirrbel 13y ago
When several programmers develop on a mutual codebase, there is not one programming language where coding conventions are unnecessary. This is hardly an argument against Lisps. In fact the clojure code I read so far seems to adhere far more
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I have been using Linux for a long time, Gnome since v. 1.4. While I am enthusiastic about the platform as a whole, I feel let down by the Desktop teams as a whole. While a few aspects of the UI are greatly improved (anti aliasing, localiza
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I sometimes have the impression that msdn articles are from time to time depublicized and some information is taken offline either under management directions or just lost in migration. Its quite amazing that CodeProject is more useful than
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I just want to say how much I enjoy seeing hy popping up now. I have come to really like ClojureScript for my webdev stuff, Scheme from SICP and Python, well, has also been on my toolstack for long Sometimes Hy seems a little undecided on l
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Would really like to see some clojure->python dialect. Hy seems more "experimental" which is also great.
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Your issue number 1 does actually (as I understand it) not apply to Julia, since it is actually really well designed and not tinkering. Matlab is the PHP of scientific computing ;) About 2: The Haskell community is one of the friendliest I
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I meant non-commutative
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I can rarely think of functions foo(arg) where I would like to pass either strings or numbers that uses an operator + which polymorphically concats or performs addition. In this respect like languages that offer special string conc
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by wirrbel 13y ago
interesting. I have so far only read some fortran code, never really dived into it in more detail.
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Hmm, this is an accurate description on how a lot of research work is run.But then there are the cases where that data analysis that was put together within a week is suddenly used by the whole research group, amended, extended and used wit
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by wirrbel 13y ago
R is a software that I still need to check out. I think enthought offers commercial tooling and support and also a IDE platform with tools for data story telling etc.. I usually use vim.
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by wirrbel 13y ago
love to see free software with a lot of contributors ;-)
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Sure enough there are parts of matlab where matlab is without serious competitors. I think however that a majority of needs is available for Python, although I know that I do not represent everyone's needs. Quick google search yielded:
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by wirrbel 13y ago
You cannot overestimate enough how old folks growing up with Fortran just won't accept Array indizes starting at 0 instead of 1. Then because professors demand it, colleges buy Matlab campus licenses and "encourage" their sta
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by wirrbel 13y ago
If you are doing linear algebra, I agree. Yet linear algebra is not the only thing I want to do with numbers. I think most of the time I do use the elementwise operation, such as: x = linspace(0,10, 1000) y = (x<5)*4.0 z =
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by wirrbel 13y ago
No need to make this personal. It was the original blog article that concentrated on the negative things and did not do a whole lot at explaining Julia's benefits. I really love Scipy and friends and I also think Julia is a promising s
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by wirrbel 13y ago
To the rescue of numpy: A matrix from linear algebra and a 2D array are not exactly the same. In Python they are different convertible types and I think in practice it is hardly a drawback. That the multiplication operation is overloaded in
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I don't really see the need for the author to make himself into a "cowboy" coder and point out how they ignore all those valuable insights and enlightenments of programmers. Julia is a kind-of-fine language that is designed t
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Jobs is a designer. Using existing pieces to create a good product. While this is an important skill to have, it is nothing I would idolize someone for, moreover, Jobs only was capable of focussing on design because countless Wozniaks did t
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Finally some comment explaining a specific problem involving macros. First of all Clojure has a problem with Stack traces, other lisps are much nicer in that respect (but do not have to face the JVM). Anyway, macros can be difficult to debu
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by wirrbel 13y ago
The success of git is - apart from the speed - related with its property of being the "stupid content tracker". Git's architecture is a simple bottom-up engineering approach. The user interface (porcellain) builts upon a conc
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by wirrbel 13y ago
For me, I know to use subversion and git to a degree that I am really comfortable with (from the two I stronly prefer git). Another VCS means that I have to take a few leaps, new commands, subtle to extreme differences in workflow as well a
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by wirrbel 13y ago
its great that such a resource exists. However when you want to learn a language that is still used and has similar grammar features you might want to opt for something like icelandic or polish. Then also Turkish (although not indo-european
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by wirrbel 13y ago
Are there any reports on other LG devices such as bluray players?
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by wirrbel 13y ago
I have attended a talk by Götz Werner, who advocates for a basic income. In this talk he was basically describing basic income as a reform of the tax system. Basically G.W. argues for most taxes to be abolished in favour of a significant i

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