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I like it when kdb is mentioned because then I can post this link: https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/c/k.h#L96 https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blo

I like it when kdb is mentioned because then I can post this link: https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/c/k.h#L96 https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/c/k.h#L96 It's one of my all-time favorites. A window into a certain type of mind.

zie 9y ago
Oh my. that's just.. wow. Obviously done before code-review became a standard!
- hakanderyal 9y ago
  This thread might give some insights about the coding style: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743
- pjmlp 9y ago
  Code-review is a cool thing in SV, trendy startups and the big industry related companies, sadly on most companies whose main business is completely unrelated to IT, just like unit tests it gets a spot just behind writing documentation.
chc4 9y ago
I'm surprised you didn't link an actual c file; everything related to k seems to trigger an exorbitantly high number of "what the fuck"s. https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona/blob/master/src/0.c https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona/blob/master/src/0.c for example. http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320 http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320 is one of my favorite articles, though
- RodgerTheGreat 9y ago
  That article was enough to inspire me to write a K interpreter, and eventually land me a job working with K. If I ever meet Stephen Taylor in person I imagine it'll be an interesting story to tell.
  - 5jt 9y ago
    I try to get to most of the Kx Meetups in London.
  - kthielen 9y ago
    That's great that your interest produced that result! When I made a K interpreter, Kx threatened to sue me and everyone I had worked for.
    - beagle3 9y ago
      That’s likely because yours was fast enough to threaten their sales, whereas RodgerTheGreat’s is JavaScript and can not. Nick Nickolov’s one also disappeared off GitHub, though Kevin Lawler’s Kona k3 implementation and Andrey Zholos’s jitted weird dialect are fast and still up; also nils holm’s klong.
- e12e 9y ago
  I was kind of happy to find some java code this time around - who says java needs to be verbose? https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/jdbc.java https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/jdbc.java
smnrchrds 9y ago
I imagine this looks more intuitive than normal code to a mathematician: They are no strangers to complex notations and they prefer the brevity they offer.
- yalph 9y ago
  Sort of a mathematician here, it looks like a disease.

zie 9y ago

Oh my. that's just.. wow. Obviously done before code-review became a standard!

hakanderyal 9y ago
This thread might give some insights about the coding style: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743
pjmlp 9y ago
Code-review is a cool thing in SV, trendy startups and the big industry related companies, sadly on most companies whose main business is completely unrelated to IT, just like unit tests it gets a spot just behind writing documentation.

chc4 9y ago

I'm surprised you didn't link an actual c file; everything related to k seems to trigger an exorbitantly high number of "what the fuck"s. https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona/blob/master/src/0.c https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona/blob/master/src/0.c for example. http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320 http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320 is one of my favorite articles, though

RodgerTheGreat 9y ago
That article was enough to inspire me to write a K interpreter, and eventually land me a job working with K. If I ever meet Stephen Taylor in person I imagine it'll be an interesting story to tell.
- 5jt 9y ago
  I try to get to most of the Kx Meetups in London.
- kthielen 9y ago
  That's great that your interest produced that result! When I made a K interpreter, Kx threatened to sue me and everyone I had worked for.
  - beagle3 9y ago
    That’s likely because yours was fast enough to threaten their sales, whereas RodgerTheGreat’s is JavaScript and can not. Nick Nickolov’s one also disappeared off GitHub, though Kevin Lawler’s Kona k3 implementation and Andrey Zholos’s jitted weird dialect are fast and still up; also nils holm’s klong.
e12e 9y ago
I was kind of happy to find some java code this time around - who says java needs to be verbose? https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/jdbc.java https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/jdbc.java

smnrchrds 9y ago

I imagine this looks more intuitive than normal code to a mathematician: They are no strangers to complex notations and they prefer the brevity they offer.

yalph 9y ago
Sort of a mathematician here, it looks like a disease.