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Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by arthurcolle » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:01 AM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #13

atleastoptimal wrote: post #12

Making a programming language prone to bugs/frustrating to work with makes one possibly a stochastic serial killer

I mean instead of killing entire people, what if you kill a small fraction of thousands of people?

That's how SaaS pricing was invented!

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by Nevermark » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:03 AM UTC

Isn’t a shotgun murderer a … parallel killer?

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by jp57 » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:13 AM UTC

Why not both?

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by armchairhacker » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:13 AM UTC

Correction: programming language inventor or convicted serial killer

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by gabereiser » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:14 AM UTC

Nevermark wrote: post #22

Isn’t a shotgun murderer a … parallel killer?

Not if you await the first shot…

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by 1letterunixname » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:14 AM UTC

atleastoptimal wrote: post #12

Making a programming language prone to bugs/frustrating to work with makes one possibly a stochastic serial killer

Liveness data flow analysis is just a phase a compiler and JITs go through. They'll eventually cease murdering heap and stack values once they've decided to halt. Unfortunately, they use a disposable Erlang distribution Schrödinger cat box to make each decision. Not sure what they do with all the no-longer-cats or what sort of sensor detects ex-cats.

Schrödinger couldn't just invent a cyanide sensor. He was definitely a psychopathic serial killer in addition to being a serial pedophile (this bit is true).

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by gabereiser » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:15 AM UTC

RajT88 wrote: post #8

Is there one with file system inventors or murderers?

Double Bonus Points for ReiserFS right?

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by nneonneo » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:16 AM UTC

Aka, hacker or ‘hacker’.

I feel like with enough photos of just about anyone, you’ll eventually get one that makes them look sinister…

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by Jigsy » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:18 AM UTC

2/10.

Surprised that Hans Reiser wasn't on the list. (Or I didn't see him.)

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by jdjdjdjdjduuuu » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:19 AM UTC

7/10