#Lisp

Miles McBain

MilesMcBain

The more symbols/operators/expressive forms you add to a programming language the harder it is to define a rigorous style guide. There's corresponging difficulties with automatic layout and linting.Interesting how these

Hillel

hillelogram

This is an interesting question, and while I reject the argument that FP is "better" than OOP I think it's worth discussing complex forces at play here. First of all,

davidad 🎇

davidad

Hot take: the FP schism between Haskell and Lisp/Scheme is not *really* about static vs dynamic types, or purity vs effects; it's about extensional vs syntactic compositionality. 1/ Extensionality means

Brennan Colberg

BrennanColberg

Over the last few weeks, I've been helping a few friends start programming—using @replit, instead of traditional IDEs. Conclusion: it's a gamechanger () Normally, when someone wants to "learn how

Simon fae Standingstone ::🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍::

simon_brooke

Listening to your episode on Richard Hamming this afternoon, when I was stacking firewood, @ericnormand. Some thoughts: >>>https://lispcast.com/one-mans-view-of-computer-science/ When I was at high school, fifty years ago, we were

Neal Augenstein

AugensteinWTOP

You probably can't tell from Twitter that I used to lisp. If you've heard me on @wtop, you've no doubt thought, 'What's up with that guy's voice?' If you'd be

Owain Evans

OwainEvans_UK

1/ Second thread on exciting philosophy from outside philosophy departments...https://twitter.com/OwainEvans_UK/status/1326645830963634179 2/ Gerry Sussman. Hofstadter said Gödel invented LISP in proving the incompleteness theorem. Sussman

Benjamin Goldschmidt

BenZevG

My morning sermon on the dangers of charismatic leaders: One of the most fascinating conversations in the Bible is when God courts Moses, in the most fateful job interview in

⚓️🚢Imani Gandy 🚢⚓️

AngryBlackLady

Time for me to sign up for the hallmark channel for the next two months. there are a lot of white women in fur-lined parkas that I need to watch

jack rem x

jackremmington

Ok this week’s Drag Race UK ep:- BIMINI!!! The eyes are the nipples of the face floored me and her runway look was stunning. ‘If you don’t get it straight

Dan Luu

danluu

Steve Yegge's predictions from '04: http://danluu.com/yegge-predictions/. Basically correct on databases, mobile, and cloud computing. Not so much on Lisp If I look at other tech writing that's held up as

Timothy Dunn

timothydunn

I watched @promnetflix last night... and it was the first time in a while that a piece of art has actually made me feel... bad???? Like, triggering and “kind of

Granite

oneminutecall

I’ve told very few people in my life about this. I had a terrible lisp, and for various reasons I didn’t get into speech therapy until 7th grade. I don’t

Dr. Jack Brown

DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Large, white, particulate debris ejected from Trump's mouth/nose *at least 38 times* during a Press scrum at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on October 19, 2020, just prior to

Niko Maraj 🤑🤑

OneOfNickis9s

Here’s a thread of the most disrespectful Nicki Minaj lyrics : Flawless Remix w/ Beyoncé “Like MJ doctor, they killin’ me. propofol, I know they hope I fall” Stupid H*e:“Bitch

Pratham Prasoon

PrasoonPratham

The crazy and fascinating 25 year old history of JavaScript in one thread. December 1990: Sir Tim Berners-Lee develops the first web browser the world has ever seen. January 1993

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.