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joehillen
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Comment #28598770
This is the first I've heard of "pick", but it looks like it's missing a lot of the interactive features of fzf. Those features are what make fzf good for building UIs.
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Comment #11604401
Don't forget the sweaters.
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Comment #11502459
That is blatantly false. Type-safety can prove (as in a mathematical proof) that whole classes of bugs are impossible.
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Comment #11501378
Incorrect
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Comment #8645110
So is this going in? Are you using arc4random()?
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Comment #7563118
Don't bother with LYAH. I learned Haskell from a lecture created by one of the creators of the language, Philip Wadler: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C1D41CB47EED318
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Comment #7477231
Except in Haskell you can build ekg right into your server. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2012-12-11-24-day-of-hacka...
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Comment #7389371
> Nimrod's syntax is quite similar to scala What are you talking about!? Have you even looked at either? Nimrod: for i in 1..100: if i mod 15 == 0: echo("FizzBuzz") elif i mod 3 ==…
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Comment #7389334
But it is faster. It's both faster to compiler and faster to run. I think it's a valid reason to prefer Haskell.
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Comment #7389330
He does go into detail. Keep watching.
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Comment #7389148
That's too terrifying to imagine.
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Comment #7388670
What is Scala doing in the same list with Rust, Julia, Nimrod, and C++? You do realize there is a JVM preventing it from being a systems level language, right? Also, you should nee…
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Comment #7326853
And it's faster and easier to add new features because you can refactor without fear.
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Comment #7314471
Why isn't it open source like it was before?
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Comment #7242117
Wow, I'd be interested if it wasn't some of the worst syntax I'd ever seen. https://github.com/red/red/blob/master/system/emitter.r
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Comment #7221435
Linus' signature is shockingly relevant these days: "...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless …
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Comment #7207116
Don't forget Imprisonment. There are more people in prison in the US than anywhere else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_St...
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Comment #7148030
Except no gigabit internet. Good luck trying to fuel a tech boom with slow-ass comcast internet.
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Comment #7139508
This is a common misconception. Haskell is extremely readable. You just have to learn it. Python reads like pseudo-code where as Haskell reads like math. Both are readable, they ar…
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Comment #6953409
Learn Haskell.
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Comment #6953398
A hammer.