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Re: A small but complete JavaScript engine

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Re: A small but complete JavaScript engine

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Bellard is actually a genius, right? What's his secret? The project list at bellard.org is impressive.

My best guess is that he doesn’t have kids.

I would have thought this was an asshole comment before I had kids.

Young ones take SO much time. I don’t regret kids at all but I regret not doing even more with my time previously!

Re: A small but complete JavaScript engine

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I’m really starting to feel the age and competing priorities with family. Makes me really scared about ageism.

Maybe but as the kids get older you the time back and your more efficient with it as a result of those early years... I think at least I’m faster and smarter now then ten years ago... maybe I’m losing my eye sight and my hearing or maybe it’s true :)

What value of “older” do you have in mind?

As the parent of a 3 year old, I know that it’s at least older than 3 XD

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Agreed. 10 years ago, I could still pretend I'd be able to come close to his productivity if I "just set my mind to it." Today (being older, slower, and having a family), I can only be humble.

Many people don't have the misconception that they can compete athletically at the level of olympics. And yet, somehow, a lot of people mistakenly believe they could perform intellectually at that same high level!

I guess a lot of people "could". But realize this is pretty much a full-time commitment for years and years. And even then

Sure, let's say 20% of it is genetics, 80% of it is still putting in the work.

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My best guess is that he doesn’t have kids.

I would have thought this was an asshole comment before I had kids. Young ones take SO much time. I don’t regret kids at all but I regret not doing even more with my time previously!

Choosing not to have kids is just a choice; it definitely doesn’t make you an asshole.

Re: A small but complete JavaScript engine

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Maybe but as the kids get older you the time back and your more efficient with it as a result of those early years... I think at least I’m faster and smarter now then ten years ago... maybe I’m losing my eye sight and my hearing or maybe it’s true :)

What value of “older” do you have in mind? As the parent of a 3 year old, I know that it’s at least older than 3 XD

Things starts easing up a bit after kids hit first grade around 6 or 7

Re: A small but complete JavaScript engine

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Frabrice Bellard truly works in God mode. Ffmpeg, Qemu, Tiny C Compiler ... many others .. and now this!

He also wrote JSLinux[1]!! I was just playing with the online shell and it's mind blowing how the browser can now run a fully functioning OS like Linux within it.

[1] https://bellard.org/jslinux/

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> you can just search one or two large ones. if the LOC is similar in size, i don't see why having them in different files vs same file makes any difference at all. Also, your IDE should be able to navigate you to definitions and usages etc. If it doesn't, it's not a good IDE. So the problem of understanding code reduces understanding the abstract structure, not how that structure is represented on file.

Searching in one file is easy in any text editor. Searching across files (and directories) is more difficult. I don't use an IDE. In fact, I'd say it's a problem if code requires an IDE in order to work on it effectively (Enterprise Java is the most prominent example of this.) I'm nowhere near Bellard level, but would consider myself above average, and have observed that some of the most productive programmers don't…

To suggest that not using an IDE is a sign you're a better developer makes as much sense as suggesting that not using an electric screwdriver to fit things is a sign of a better handyman.
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