Malte Skarupke

I can program and like games

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Functional programming is not popular because it is weird (2016)

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I’ve seen people be genuinely puzzled about why functional programming is not more popular. For example I’m currently reading “Out of the Tar Pit” where after arguing for fu…

C++ Coroutines Do Not Spark Joy

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C++20 added minimal support for coroutines. I think they’re done in a way that really doesn’t fit into C++, mostly because they don’t follow the zero-overhead principle. Calling a…