I'm finding that writing a interpreter (I chose Scheme) is deeply satisfying, and a great way to learn a language. http://bit.ly/mAtNae
miniblog.
Good grief. Hello world in java2k: http://p-nand-q.com/humor/programming_languages/java2k/13.txt
Turns out, there is no right answer: the right answer is that you have an answer. Same idea here. If you think (cont) http://tl.gd/a5f649
Question is incorrectly formulated. Any "can I xxx in Emacs?" should be written "how do I do xxx in Emacs?" -- Commenter on Stack Overflow
It's a shame that "kibioctet" is such an awful word. It was a great chance to help non-techies distinguish between KB, KiB, Kb and Kib.
Why don't more libraries have documentation that links directly to the source? Sometimes it's good to peek behind the curtain.
The first bit of the #eiffel PL Wikipedia page reads like an advert, but then check out the 'implementations' section! http://bit.ly/eHLtFl
An antidote for bigheadedness: read old code you wrote.
"If you're going to teach people to program, learn J first, so you can remember what it's like as an utterly confused beginner."
“Attempting to prove any nontrivial theorem about your program will expose lots of bugs: The particular choice makes little difference!”
@codebase Do you guys have a security contact?
The secret to doing something well is not to do it for the first time.
"code unto others as you would have them code unto you"
#Python: what I wish I'd known: http://www.wilfred.me.uk/?p=124
Reading an article on quines, and just realised that it's just a Ω from lambda calculus. I should have seen that coming.
#Python thought of the day: avoid concatenating lists, usually itertools.chain(list1, list2, ...) is neater and faster.
"Sniffing user agents is like sniffing glue. It's a temporary fix." (via @jasoncartwright)
Just discovered M-x calc. Another reason never to leave emacs.
Google translate reminds me more of science fiction than any other app I've seen this year: http://bit.ly/ds5HcZ
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