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alaaalawi

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    Comment #48440389

    YMMV but an LLM can hullicinate bug in programmed medical devices which may kill people in unexpected ways

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    Comment #48253262

    you may try https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/stb_ds.h . a single header implementation for both dynamic array and string based hash table

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    Comment #48047110

    it is that not that they will take, as they do not have will of their own. greed does put them to work

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    Comment #48047086

    is it like society does not owe any body money for puting sand gravel cement and water. we are talking about products not their assembly

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    Ask HN: GPTs, vs. Software Estimation

    In the age of GPTs, how do you estimate software project (time, resources...)

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    Comment #47744375

    you can check also XDS modula2/oberon-2 programming system. is an optimizing complier https://github.com/excelsior-oss/xds

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    Comment #44485851

    chill bro. spending some time on Elm is not the end of the world and not a serious issue! the question was about learning and not concerned about production and this was one of the…

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    Comment #44468314

    Also another option for fun in the browser Elm. check out similar older project https://github.com/Malax/elmboy

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    Comment #44466501

    one of the options for fast iterations would be Forth. in its circles, it famous for generation targets and cross compiling between archs. seaech the net you shold find plenty.

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    Comment #44452181

    I concur. not intermediate code directly machine code, even no tests. It will take human specs internally understand them (maybe formal methods of reasoning) and keep chatting with…

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    Comment #44086383

    this looks similar http://web.archive.org/web/20080211102811/http://www.pcthike...

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    Comment #42815554

    Achieving Correctness is really satisfying. however it is hard and difficult. IMOH this does in general polarize the scene (proving fanatics on one extreme and the other side who a…

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    Comment #42008451

    MMV But for me at least i tend to use it for brain storming, aka intial sailing through a subject/topic/task, getting intial idea. the idea is to use as an admin who is guided by y…

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    Comment #38487093

    for these critical applications which require reliable oprations as lives are at stack. formal verfication will help by reducing bugs more than traditional testing. they are not bu…

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    Comment #38188379

    i'd like to know the source. and the reasons i know long time ago are about more innovative work. like more compression, keyboard layout optimization, like having the code compiled…

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    Comment #37313330

    its really leads to all sorts of question. when markets for eggs and sperms to be sold directly to interested (the layman) are there and the buyer funds the rent of the artificial …

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    Comment #35855641

    this may be interseting (YMMV) read page 50 of "Compiler Construction for Digital Computers" 1971 which lists other reason some which are still valid and good to know

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    Comment #34454167

    i. missed up the code digits = '0123456789' patt = "foo=" SPAN(digits) . num while line = INPUT if line ? patt OUTPUT = num endif end

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    Comment #34454111

    i like awk. but i hate Regexp (YMMV). but for different perspective check out SNOBOL or its speedier variant Spitbol. although not one liner, but i find patterns easier to compose …

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    Comment #34297827

    YMMV, but thats why i love Forth. it compiles the full app (not interpret) in ms. some think its dead or only for the embedded, but for me and my projects its a deadly combination …

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    Comment #34065711

    we need just the correct expectations. APL is like mathematics for me. i need to read it several time to understand dense unfamiliar terms and formulas. same goes for APL. it is no…

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    Comment #34053077

    I did and still comfortable with the following YMMV. Alt -> Ctrl Ctrl -> Alt Caps -> Esc Esc -> Caps

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    Comment #32900519

    Sometimes FORTH shines here. Space is the delimiter. and consequently you can mumble the name on the keyboard without stopping at the moment. you have mix of all digits alphabet an…

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    Comment #32459381

    Many people will fret when mentioning a commercial vendor. but IMHO and YMMV the leaset systems to get going with the least hassle would be either Lispworks or Allegro and both off…