Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
19sep2006
F# is a programming language that provides the much sought-after combination of type safety, performance and scripting, with all the advantages of running on a high-quality, well-supported modern runtime system. Essentially ML for .net. Sounds very nice.
A marvelous gift from the Royal Society, “For the next two months The Royal Society will make available the complete archive of its scientific journals online. The text is fully searchable.” Great!
Freie Kultur: Wesen und Zukunft der Kreativität, aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Annegret Claushues und Hartmut Pilch. Natürlich CC.
Won’t somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to go
— Johnny Cash, 25 Minutes to Go
Scheme and Functional Programming 2006, official papers are online. Whoo.
Java, Groovy and (J)Ruby, a side-by-side comparision.
Jesus Camp: Kids Worshipping to a George Bush Picture, …for they do not know what they are doing.
A tale of two developers, I don’t think this is too realistic.
DTrace meets JavaScript, fricking cool.
I fly a starship across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I’ll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I’ll be back again, and again and again and again and again…
— Johnny Cash, Highwayman
Mom: 9-1-1 call was to help son, and they shoot her suicidal(!) son. Really really awesome and sad. WJW.
Pure and simple transaction memories, introduction by Joe Armstrong. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy in non-purely functional languages…
Blogger’s Block #3: Dreaming in Browser Swamp, Steve Yegge on JavaScript.
MetaProgramming Refactoring, by Ola Bini. “I propose that the time is right and nigh for a catalog of Metaprogramming Refactorings.”
grease, bayern und die bayern beim feiern, schlaft doch einfach im Englischen Garten. (Das Papst-Apotheken-Angebot rockt allerdings.)
A scientific investigation into the k5 trolling phenomena, by horny smurf. Great results. ;-)