November 2007
18 posts
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JAOO 2007: Joe Armstrong - On Erlang, OO,... →
Video from Microsoft Channel 9.
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JAOO 2007: Joe Armstrong - On Erlang, OO,... →
Video from Microsoft Channel 9.
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There are two “classes” of programmers in the world of software...
– iBanjo, via Coding Horror
What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory... →
“As CPU cores become both faster and more numerous, the limiting factor for most programs is now, and will be for some time, memory access….”
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The Evolution of Language
Descartes:
2x
Church:
λx.2x
McCarthy:
(LAMBDA (X) (* 2 X))
W3C:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<LAMBDATERM>
<VARLIST>
<VAR> X </VAR>
</VARLIST>
<EXPR>
<APPLICATION>
<EXPR> <CONST> * </CONST> </EXPR>
<ARGUMENTLIST>
<EXPR> <CONST> 2 </CONST>...
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Oh, and one more thing: Making humans edit XML is sadistic!
– Django Documentation
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Rands In Repose: N.A.D.D.
“Stop reading right now. Look at your desktop. How many tasks are you working on besides reading this weblog? A lot? You’ve got N.A.D.D.”
You might suspect that given a world where context is constantly shifting, your...
– Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook (via Marco)
XKCD-RL
<@freeside> we totally xkcd‘ed someone tonight
<@freeside> so we were out with the very pretty rene
<@freeside> and we were walking around downtown mountain view, which is where the googlers hang out
<@freeside> and we walked past the Red Rock Cafe, where they have free wifi.
<@freeside> there was a guy sitting in the window with his 17” macbook pro...
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Coding Horror: Don't Click Here: The Art of... →