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Is there a term in programming for a collection like "nonempty list" or "nonempty array" that's more concise than those? (e.g. doesn't have "nonempty" in it)
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Does anyone know of a dynamically typed language with no automatic memory management? Something like a variation on C where everything is a tagged union under the hood, and types are automatically checked at runtime (but not compile time), and you still alloc/free manually.
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Rails question! I'm using require_relative on Linux to load a .so file which dynamically links another .so file. In irb this fails unless I export LD_PRELOAD for the second .so file. Then it works. In rails c, it still fails saying it can't find the second file. Any ideas? 🙏
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...that said, the "trending" tab has Dart, SAS, and D all ranked higher than TypeScript, none of which strike me as plausible reflections of what's actually been "trending" in 2022, so take the methodology here with a grain of salt. 😅
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Consider these three terms for describing programming languages: 1. "scripting language" 2. "interpreted language" 3. "dynamic language" What do you personally think of as the differences between them? Like what makes a language count as 1 or 2 of these but not all 3?
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I'm looking for *non* mechanical keyboard recommendations! My hard requirements are: * Not mechanical, but rather chiclet keys like a laptop * No number keypad on the side (can't fit it in the space) * Supports wired connection (so, must be usable with no wireless data transfer)
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Awesome episode! I am sure there are still some gaps, but the work the folks are doing by relying on hashes for expression identity gets us closer to detecting signature and behavior changes in code. I recommend this interview
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There's a study about programming names (specifically abbreviations) where they looked at how long it took people to read and understand code based on varying the lengths of identifier names. Anyone have a link to it?
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Does anyone have a story where all 4 of the following were true? 1. A complex application was built 2. The primary reason the application was built was for end users to use it (so, the goal was not research) 3. Dependent types were used to build it 4. They proved very helpful
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What a brilliant discussion between and about open source, mission, programming and seeing opportunity—two great minds behind the mic here:
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Episode 22: Open Source Careers with @croloris! 🎉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ope open.spotify.com/episode/44LcDG podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L
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I love hearing that people are enjoying the podcast. 😃 Thank you so much!
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I have listened to all the @sw_unscripted episodes. AND THEY ARE AWESOME! Go have a listen, it’s chill, conversational and very informative on diverse subjects! Kudos @rtfeldman
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Did you know? DSW frontend is developed using and loves it as the Elm compiler makes refactoring a pleasure and protects our app from nasty runtime errors🐛🛡️ Instead of hours of painful debugging and refactoring, we can develop things efficiently! 💪
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I'm a big fan of @elmlang. Even with a lot of refactoring in a more extensive codebase, the compiler always catches the issues before they can show up in runtime. I never had such a pleasant experience with frontend development in other frameworks or languages.
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