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Parsing: the solved problem that isn't
Updated (2014-10-24): If you find this article interesting, you may be interested in the follow-up article on an editor for composed programs .
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The Joy of The Joy of Clojure Closure
It’s has been an absolute pleasure 2 working with Chouser 3 and our army of Manning 4 editors and proofreaders. I would also like to thank Christophe Grand for his excellent 5 technical review. Additionally, I would like to thank Steve Yegge for writing the foreword and providing insightful feedback 6 that I believe…
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Amount of profanity in git commit messages per programming language
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Django and Python 3
About 18 months ago I blogged about Django and Python 3, I gave the official roadmap. Not a lot has changed since then unfortunately, we’ve dropped 2.3 entirely, 2.4 is on it’s way out, but there’s no 3.X support in core. One fun thing has changed though: I get to help set the roadmap, which is a) cool, b) means the…
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C Language Resources
Top 10 C Language resources that will turn you into a better programmer
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Racket 5.1 Released
_posted by Eli Barzilay_ Racket version 5.1 is now available from http://racket-lang.org/The most significant change in version 5.1 is a rewrite of the GUI library. Unix/X users will see the biggest difference with this change, because DrRacket and all R...
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The Python Paradox is now the Scala Paradox
Paul Graham has written a bunch of good essays on entrepreneurship, laying down much of the philosophy behind Y Combinator . If you’ve not read any of them yet, you should go and read them now – they contain lots of wisdom.
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How to train your brain to flip to a new language
When you start learning a new language, common wisdom suggests that you have two possible goals, One is passing an exam,the other is the dreaded word, fluency
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Google open sources "Contracts for Java"
The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and outreach programs for early career developers.
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The Next Big Language
Dylan? C# 3? Perl 6? Does it have deterministic destructors, even as blocks like Python 2.5? Generics? A powerful macro system? Even as described it sounds like magic, but not a moment too soon.
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How (not) to write Factorial in Java
I will admit this post was inspired by How would you write factorial(n) in java? So excuse me while I rant in code: I have a point to make at the bottom of this article. Now most people who write f…
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Scala == Effective Java?
I started reading Joshua Bloch's Effective Java last week. I'll have to admit that I haven't read it before, but only because I've been told...
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R.I.P. Ruby Hash Rocket Syntax 1993-2010
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