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JS is Assembly Language for the Web: Brendan Eich, Crockford, & others comment
UPDATE: Check out the Podcast I did with Erik Meijer on Hanselminutes this week ...
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Dealing with Timezones in Python
The problems with timezones and Python’s datetime object and how you would properly use them.
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So you want to write a fast Python?
Thinking about writing your own Python implementation? Congrats, there are plenty out there 1 , but perhaps you have something new to bring to the table. Writing a fast Python is a pretty hard task, and there’s a lot of stuff you need to keep in mind, but if you’re interested in forging ahead, keep reading!
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Python and the Principle of Least Astonishment
Why Python follows the Principle of Least Astonishment even when some people are surprised.
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Lua/APR - proper standard library for Lua
Lua/APR is a binding of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) for the Lua programming language . APR powers software such as the Apache webserver and Subversion and Lua/APR makes the APR operating system interfaces available to Lua, serving as an extended standard library. Thus far the following modules have been…
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V8: a tale of two compilers
wingolog: article: v8: a tale of two compilers
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Lambdas in C
Today, I learned that gcc C has supported lambda functions since at least version 3.0.4. I wish I had known sooner.
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JavaScript is Dead. Long Live JavaScript
For 16 years, JavaScript has been the language of the web browser. This language has enabled the building of compelling web applications and contributed to the success of the web. Other scripting languages could have filled the role JavaScript does but JavaScript was in the right place at the right time. Microsoft…
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How to become a proficient Python programmer
Update: This is a re-post of an older blog post of mine. Originally it was posted on my personal blog where it has >30 comments and >20’000 views over the last years. I’m deprecating my personal blog in favor of this 200OK blog.
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Things that amuse me
I think the only serious gripe is what you call your biggest gripe, and I must say that I envy this in Haskell. As you know, in the eager world we tend to write out our own recursive functions, rather than use combinators. You give part of the reason; the other part is that deforestation and related transformations…
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The Go Programming Language, or: Why all C-like languages except one suck.
A short update: A lot has happened. Go has its place in the software world, but other languages developed as well. I don't write new Go code anymore, various people voice (IMHO valid) criticism about golang, C++ has a supposedly safe subset these days, Rust is a completely new language with strong guarantees if you…
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Kay on the Meaning of "Object-Oriented Programming"
Dr. Alan Kay explains when "object-oriented" was first used and what it means. []
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The depth and breadth of Python
As of late I'm noticing a trend: I'm spending more time having in-person in-depth conversations, and less time coding. While I regret the la...
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CoffeeScript One Liners
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How Javascript Prototypal Inheritance Really works
Everywhere on the web we read that Javascript has prototypal inheritance. However Javascript only provides by default a specific case of prototypal inheritance with the new operator. Therefore, most of the explanations are really confusing to read. This article aims to clarify what is prototypal inheritance and how to…
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Wield Python's super() like a Jedi
If you aren’t wowed by Python’s super() builtin, chances are you don’t really know what it is capable of doing or how to use it effectively. Much has been written about super() and much of that wri…
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The context sensitivity of C's grammar
Context free grammars (CFGs) are a valuable theoretical tool on which the modern compilation theory relies for parsing the code of programming languages. For example, the most popular tool used for parsing – YACC , generates parsers for CFGs. What most people don’t know 1 is that the vast majority of programming…
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Objective-C's niche: why it survives in a world of alternatives
Objective-C remains an impediment for many programmers coming to the Mac or iPhone platforms — few programmers have ever experienced it before learning Cocoa, forcing two learning curves at once for new Cocoa developers. How did Apple end up with such a weird language? And for a company known to replace CPU…
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The myth of the Lisp genius
I'm fascinated by the myth of the Lisp genius, the eccentric programmer who accomplishes super-human feats writing Lisp. I'm not saying that such geniuses don't exist; they do. Here I'm using "myth" in the sense of a story with archetypical characters that fuels the imagination. I'm thinking myth in the sense of…
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Finally someone makes sense of JavaScript's this keyword
(In Portugese) The JavaScript this keyword is ubiquitous yet misconceptions abound. What you need to know Every execution context has an associated ThisBinding whose lifespan is equal to that of th…
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Joel Spolsky: Can your programming language do this?
One day, you’re browsing through your code, and you notice two big blocks that look almost exactly the same. In fact, they’re exactly the same, except that one block refers to “Sp…
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Review: Learn You a Haskell for Great Good
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! (A Beginner's Guide) by Miran Lipovača, published by No Starch Press (2011). No Starch was kind enough to send me an advance copy for review.
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