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18feb2006

Jaskell is a functional scripting programming language that runs in JVM. Dynamically scoped and impure, though.

I find from personal experience that the stupidest writers are the ones whose writing is positively baroque in form. — John Scalzi

Presentation documents and writing for non-writers, do writers do it differently? Anyway, good read.

How to Shoot Yourself In the Foot, in several programming languages.

REST and SOAP, Patrick Logan comments on Don Box.

Scaffolding St Catherines Docks by Stalker for a Day

In World War Thirteen
Borders were done away with
And all the world was ruled
By some little brat from Mars
— Dan Bern, World War

Dasher, is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Not for people with bad stomach.

#haskell-blah

19:44 <ValarQ> reminds me of that C-Programmer song

19:44 <ValarQ> "Oh, I am a C programmer and I'm okay"

19:44 <ValarQ> "I muck with indices and structs all day"

19:44 <ValarQ> "And when it works, I shout hoo-ray"

#haskell

15:21 <flux__> atleast haskell provides explicit allocation/deallocation?

15:21 <Philippa> flux__: insofar as Haskell provides the ability to fuck yourself sideways in any manner you choose via the IO monad, yes

15:22 <flux__> mm.. sideways..

Evil C, a collection of strange C constructs. Nifty. ;-)

stairs by johnny d

Accidental Features of Perl, found by Mark Dominus.

Gilad Is Right, Confessions From A Recovering Typoholic. It’s pragmatic, but somehow it doesn’t feel right.

I’m as cranky as a bitch
All I wanna do is spit
Ain’t nothing to eat after that feast
Been gettin’ laid regular at least
And I don’t wanna hurt you
So stay out of my way today
— Dan Bern, Beautiful Trees

Trojan or Worm?, Chris Josephes on Oompa-A. I claim trojan.

#ruby-lang

11:27 <sandal> chris2: Anarchaia continues to be my number one most read blog.

11:27 <zoneout> Just so you're all clear I don't care that much about the whole thing… It was just a question as to whether such a thing existed

11:27 <sandal> chris2: It's because you appeal to my ADD, strange sense of humor, love of programming, and artistic bumblings

11:28 <sandal> chris2: All in one place… just like Wal-Mart. I wonder if Anarchaia will steal my soul, too.

Dessert Landscapes, yum yum. Don’t look if you are hungry.