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no one had penetrated the mysteries of eval and applybut the flaw remained in the jewelwhy on earth call it a functional language? Why not just base everything on FEXPRs and force evaluation on the re…
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Moore’s Law has reduced the cost of computers so much that programming is suddenly the limiting reagent in nearly everything in the economyAnd that’s the origin of “software engineering” https://news…
Personal Media Summary, October 2015
In no particular order: * The 90s are back! Next year will bring new episodes for both Twin Peaks and X-Files. * My wife gifted me tickets to the opening day show of the new Star Wars movie (trail…
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My thought in the 70s was that the Internet we were all working on alongside personal computing was a really good scalable design, and that we should make a virtual internet of virtual machines that c…
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wondered whether using m4 macros to configure autoconf to write a shell script to look for 26 Fortran compilers in order to build a Web browser was a bit of a detour https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?…
NaNoWriMo 2015
I've been fooling around with the idea of NaNoWriMo (or NAtional NOvel WRiting MOnth) for a while now, but this year I'd like to commit to it publicly. I don't think I'll actually end…
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Color me suspicious. Tum Bray, “Discouraged Developer”…
Monthly recap: October 2015
The highlight of October: Tara is now walking! (all over the place! insert combination of happy-smiley/scared-smiley) Also, I have slowly started running again (the last time I ran at all was last No…
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scale symmetry “breaks,” and masses and lengths spontaneously arise. http://www.wired.com/2014/08/multiverse…
Random grass
(Created with Art Rage)…