Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
31jan2007
The problem of dealing with data-structures, Karsten Wagner talks about a problem I’ve been wondering nobody really talks about: designing memory data-structures.
DragonFly 1.8.x has been released. “The biggest kernel change in this release is the addition of virtual kernel support and a virtual kernel build target (VKERNEL). Virtual kernels are systems-in-a-box… you can run a complete kernel as a userland process.” Whoa.
Of brick pits, bridges, and a building made from lawns, wonderful buildings.
And you said, “This is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
Now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”
— Bright Eyes, First Day Of My Life
Haskell: Too Hard, or Just Hard Enough?, honestly, when I see how fast some people are able to pickup Haskell, I’m amazed.
Unusual uses for a ball-point pen: Breaking into the debugger, the story of the NMI.
Prolog: Logic Programming for Rapid Development, a very basic tutorial by David Chisnall.
A History of Haskell: being lazy with class, by Paul Hudak, John Hughes, Simon Peyton Jones, and Philip Wadler. “This long (55-page) paper describes the history of Haskell, including its genesis and principles, technical contributions, implementations and tools, and applications and impact.”
A Scheme bookshelf, a good list of good books.
Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme, by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, and Karl Knight. Full PDF available.
Good Ideas I Have Had In The Past Year, by Maciej Ceglowski. Awwsome! I especially love the “Birth-control pilsner”.
But I sing glory from my lowest
And I will say peace to the people I meet
While the world waits for an explosion
That instant of light that wipes the slate clean
— Bright Eyes, Train Under Water
us and them, Lydia macht Bilder auf der Autobahn. Seeehr geil.