z0ltan

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by z0ltan 3mo ago
The U.S is nothing but an Oligarchy now.
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by z0ltan 9mo ago
What a stupid non-article.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Found the shill.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
You must be demented.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Excellent. Thanks for the detailed answer - that really helps. To be honest, I want to use OCaml for writing some toy compilers to begin with, and I'm sure that that'll require only the core language, but I would like to use it fo
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by z0ltan 9y ago
I did consider it seriously (especially after watching Scott Wlaschin's Parser Combinators video), but it seems a bit too MS-centric for my liking. Who knows, maybe if learning OCaml doesn't pan out that well, it might be F# for m
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Thanks for the reply! Mostly wondering how people ship stuff if there are different variants of std libs? Say you write your code entirely using one std lib and then try to share it (the code that is) with somebody who uses a different std
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Upvoted for Jim Blandy's book. That man can teach!
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by z0ltan 9y ago
I have always been interested in OCaml, but I have a genuine question though - last when I looked at seriously at it, the standard library seemed to be a bit of a mess lacking a lot of features. A lot of modern resources seemed to focus on
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Agreed.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Here's the trick - the "r" is not as important as that ghastly "o" sound that becomes like an "aaaaaaaa" in General 'Murrican.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Are you from Melbourne or Adelaide?
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Nonsense. Aussie sounds a lot like a lot of estuary accents, especially if they try to "posh" it up.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
58% 'Murrican 42% British. So, like Irish?
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by z0ltan 9y ago
LOL.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
Well, if you can't make do without a Pomodoro-style tecnnique, nothing can really help you in any case. People who are motivate from within do it anyway.
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by z0ltan 9y ago
This is what happens when you mix SJWism with technology. I hardly ever use Firefox, but I am uninstalling it pronto anyway.
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by z0ltan 10y ago
All these are basic Common Sense, aren't they though? In fact, structuring them like this appears to take all the fun out of the process of learning, reducing it to a mere mechanical algorithm. My take is this - you learn best when you
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by z0ltan 10y ago
It's more about drive than anything else. If one is able to maintain one's sense of curiosity and inquisitiveness, then one can always continue learning as effectively (albeit a bit more slowly) throughout one's life.
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by z0ltan 10y ago
In other words what the smart folks already do. Heh.
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by z0ltan 10y ago
I like the core Scheme language, but I never could get used to its macro syntax. I prefer Common Lisp macro syntax for that, and Clojure's macro system being very similar to that of Common Lisp is an added advantage!
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by z0ltan 10y ago
I love that book.
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by z0ltan 10y ago
I use SBCL on macOS. Very satisfied! ;-)
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by z0ltan 10y ago
Definitely this book. I would recommend keeping Graham's books for later. Practical Common Lisp + Land of Lisp + Common Lisp recipes + the Lisp Hyperspec = Profit! Additional readings: Successful Lisp (Lamkins - very underrated), Paul
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by z0ltan 10y ago
It's a good book in parts, but very dry and almost reference-like in others. All in all, pretty decent. I much preferred Land of Lisp by Barsky for the basics and Edi Wietz' Common Lisp recipes for specific use cases.
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by z0ltan 10y ago
Sounds like you're still in shell shock!
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by z0ltan 10y ago
Precisely. Not all of us suffer from ADHD! I simply abhor this new trend of mini-videos - all it does is break up my flow.