Python, Emacs Lisp, ES6, Rust, ASM, Smalltalk, and a little Go. #code2016 In 2017, I hope to improve my understanding of the underlying sys.
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To my surprise, Emacs does not use tagged values for floats, like JS implementations. Instead, it uses structs!
Nasty bug in Rust safety: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/35112 -- currently only a compile warning, rather than a hard error.
Trying to understand how an elisp function behaves? Just call M-x trace-function, and you can see arguments and return values!
The Limits of Emacs Advice: https://nullprogram.com/blog/2013/01/22/ (some elisp functions have their own opcodes, thwarting advice!)
Is the char type signed or unsigned in C? It's implementation defined!
Visualisation in Markdown: https://visdown.amitkaps.com/ (elegant approach, especially considering MD has no explicit extension facility)
Magit has a concept of two remotes for every branch. It's a great way of tracking master with a feature branch:
The ecosystem is moving: https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ (great article highlighting why centralised services often win)
Reflecting on Haskell in 2016 https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/haskell_2017.html (tons of interesting projects, and a Haskell 2020 standard under discussion!)
Should you consider learning Emacs? Why does it have such passionate devotees? Here's the sales pitch:
Emacs tip of the day: if you don't like Emacs updating init.el when you use Customize, just set custom-file:
The web is not print, and the design consequences of assuming fixed layouts:
I'm really bad at saying no to PRs. I really appreciate people sending contributions, but it's not always right for a project.
Another Git catastrophe cleaned up https://blog.plover.com/prog/git-tastrophe.html (nice demo of custom merge drivers and advanced git-fu)
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