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Ashlar and Assumptions

By Robert Fischer | August 17th, 2010
In my free time this summer, as a counter-balance to the pastoral/ministerial work I was doing, I've cranked on a programming language called "Ashlar". It's still just getting started, but a big hurdle has been crossed: the runtime is up and running, and the compiler infrastructure is in place.
Also posted in Ashlar/Cornerstone | 4 Comments

Steve Yegge is an idiot

By Brian Hurt | July 28th, 2010
And to think, I used to have respect for the man. Then he goes and posts this pile of fetid dingo kidneys. I'm going to explain in detail why ditching private (and, by extension, public) is bad. Obviously this needs to be spelled out, because a lot of programmers- including Steve Yegge - don't get it.
Also posted in Open Source | 47 Comments

Today’s Thought

By Brian Hurt | July 8th, 2010
"Great tools are what you get when your language sucks."
Posted in Programming Language Punditry | 13 Comments

Hash tables revisted

By Brian Hurt | March 17th, 2010
Just a quick note, I wanted to point this paper out to everyone here. Basically, the author demonstrates a denial [...]
Also posted in To Be Categorized | 1 Comment

Worse is not better!

By Brian Hurt | March 11th, 2010
This is something that has been bothering me for a while. Never, with the possible exception of “Democrats are weak” [...]
Posted in Programming Language Punditry | 3 Comments