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ScaryMary Branscombe
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@marypcbuk

ScaryMary Branscombe

@marypcbuk

omnivorous UK technology journalist; girl with the USB earring; author of 2 Windows 8 books & the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. warning; contains opinions

Joined January 2010
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    1. Ange ‏@angealbertini Oct 4

      How to save the princess in 8 programming languages https://toggl.com/programming-princess …pic.twitter.com/n4euNJKEtU

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      ScaryMary Branscombe ‏@marypcbuk Oct 4

      Like LISP one best! RT @angealbertini: How to save the princess in 8 programming languages https://toggl.com/programming-princess …pic.twitter.com/rjBGlkKpZa

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        1. Raul Miller ‏@raudelmil Oct 4

          @marypcbuk @cstross @angealbertini You have AGC. The princess saves you.https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/ …

          0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        2. ScaryMary Branscombe ‏@marypcbuk Oct 4

          @raudelmil @cstross @angealbertini that's why I like the lisp one; princess is using the knight and the steed to rescue everyone!

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        1. W. Dow Rieder ‏@Riderius Oct 4

          @marypcbuk @cstross @angealbertini You have Turbo Pascal. You develop a perfect plan... And can't cross the moat, because it's not portable

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        2. ScaryMary Branscombe ‏@marypcbuk Oct 4

          .@Riderius @cstross @angealbertini but a decade later, the same code plan in C# takes you across the moat on 15 devices without you noticing

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        1. Mikolaj Kuta ‏@SpliterCBb Oct 4

          @marypcbuk @DJSnM @angealbertini You forgot C++ "You build a princess-rescuing knight factory, each one inherits from a man and a horse..."

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        3. Malmar Padecain ‏@MalmarPadecain Oct 4

          @SpliterCBb @marypcbuk @DJSnM @angealbertini the princess inherits from the horse and that's how my little pony was made. -.-

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        4. ScaryMary Branscombe ‏@marypcbuk Oct 4

          @MalmarPadecain @SpliterCBb @DJSnM @angealbertini or Catherine the Great

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      1. Steve Davis λ ‏@komone Oct 4

        @marypcbuk @jlouis666 @angealbertini You have #erlang - you rescue the princess but nobody notices.

        0 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
      2. Joshua  👻. 🌜. Newman ‏@JoshuaACNewman Oct 4

        @marypcbuk @angealbertini @cstross Everyone who’s ever tried rescuing a princess with LISP loves the LISP one, but no one cares.

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. David Röll ‏@DRO_oDR Oct 4

        @marypcbuk @angealbertini Python: import Princess. And you're done.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. L X K H ‏@lx_rudis Oct 5

        @marypcbuk @rasurc @angealbertini looking at that one brought back painful game dev memories. no, wait! they weren't memories! it's NOW! aii

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. (((ConnorPHeflin))) ‏@HeflinConnor Oct 5

        @marypcbuk @cstross @angealbertini I really hate JavaScript, so this piece gets my stamp of approval! :P

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