Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
08may2006
Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer (and don’t know it), a list by Damien Katz. But I really do disagree with the 20 LoC functions, except for maybe a state machine.
Silicon Graphics goes titsup, sad sad sad.
Open Subtext, the source of the graphical programming environment Subtext has been released.
Vim 7 is ready! After years of development this feature packed editor is waiting for you. I’ll stick to Emacs, but update nevertheless.
RbYAML, a YAML parser in pure Ruby. If you are sick of Syck. ;-)
Ruby/EventMachine is a fast, simple event-processing library for Ruby programs. It lets you write network clients and servers without handling sockets—all you do is send and receive data. Single-threaded socket engine—scalable and FAST!
Saw my reflection and cried, hey
So little hope that I died, oh
Feed me your lies, open wide, hey
Weight of my heart, not the size, oh
— Alice In Chains, Angry Chair
IndieKarma. Micropayments that work?, a highly interesting idea.
The Scheme Programming Language, by R. Kent Dybvig. I wonder why I never heard of this book before. Features nice, extended examples.
Who the heck is Ovid?, Curtis Poe introduces himself.
Recipe for Tortilla Casserole, by Abominable Abitur. “It contains cheese, tortillas and some kind of meat, what more could you need?”
Wc, some implementations of the ‘wc -l’ program in Haskell, with an eye to C-like performance. This illustrates the balance to be made between performance and elegance, over several increasingly fast (and more complex) examples.
How to customize the syntax of OCaml, using Camlp4, “Everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask”. By Martin Jambon.
Beatnik is a very simple programming language to learn: it has a small set of commands, a very relaxed syntax, and you can find a reference to its vocabulary at any toy store.
Refactoring Everything, Day 15, by chromatic. “Day 15: A Port in an Hour”
Steely and the War, by terryfunk. Read that, alone for the interspersed “Highway 61 Revisited” lines.
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
— Alice In Chains, No Excuses
Overplanning The Internet: Is It Time To Give IT A REST?, by M. David Peterson.
Stephen Colbert Musical Extravaganza, “This animated tribute to Stephen Colbert is in honor of his magnificent performance. I’ll have you know I was baked on Cali bud the whole time I worked on this. I left the audio at full quality, because this work is done in the spirit of a Roman triumph. ”
hmake is a compilation manager for Haskell programs.
Another Rake task for Rcov, nice and useful.