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Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by xelxebar »

jloveless wrote: post #64
plastic041 wrote: post #63

I thought too long to find out what a means in a new runtime.

Sorry about that. Basically you can now write and run code in the K/q/or qsql languages on your laptop for free. For a very long time (20 years+) this language has not been accessible to most - it’s almost exclusively used on Wall Street and has a very high price barrier to entry. Q programmers are still some of the most highly paid engineers consistently - as the workforce is small and the use cases are (generally)…

Would love to talk. I sent an email to the maybe-address string in you profile, but it bounced.

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by Athanase000 »

AUnterrainer wrote: post #78

So many keyboard warriors with all the hate about a vibe coded website? If you judge a project based on its website, that tells everything about you.

There is so many low quality projects that rely on vibe coded websites and vibe written copy, that this becomes a smell, to the detriment of projects like OP's which is genuinely interesting and looks like high quality, well-crafted software.

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by AUnterrainer »

UnfitFootprint wrote: post #80
AUnterrainer wrote: post #78

So many keyboard warriors with all the hate about a vibe coded website? If you judge a project based on its website, that tells everything about you.

Why would you not base your first impressions of a product on the way it chooses to describe itself? It’s not feasible to install everything you lay eyes on for evaluation, and reviews often assume you already assume the product is a good fit and want to evaluate quality/validity of that assumption

Maybe because people focus on what's important rather than a fancy website? How many startups can't offer more than a fancy website. Warren Buffet, one of the greatest investors of all time has barely a website.

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by AUnterrainer »

joshjob42 wrote: post #59
casey2 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure the site, the articles, the program. But sure lets just trust that the author who can't write knows how to benchmark software

I mean do a bunch of simulation work and statistics stuff but now jack about website design, so if I ever make a website about any project of mine it'll be vibedcoded or a barebones export of an org file README on github. Websites have little bearing on programming language runtime development, no?

maybe all the haters can't do anything but web dev

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by AUnterrainer »

hatefulmoron wrote: post #77
jloveless wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately the code itself is in a style of C many find difficult to read. I blame my upbringing. ATW open sourced examples and it was not really helpful. More recently others are doing a step by step in more standard C https://github.com/ardentsia-cgs/kparser/

Isn't that "more standard C" because it's written by Claude?

Arthur Whitney's C is everything but standard

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by pillmillipedes »

AUnterrainer wrote: post #84
UnfitFootprint wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you not base your first impressions of a product on the way it chooses to describe itself? It’s not feasible to install everything you lay eyes on for evaluation, and reviews often assume you already assume the product is a good fit and want to evaluate quality/validity of that assumption

Maybe because people focus on what's important rather than a fancy website? How many startups can't offer more than a fancy website. Warren Buffet, one of the greatest investors of all time has barely a website.

have you seen the website for the latest version of k? "barely a website" doesn't even begin to describe it

https://k.nyc

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by dragonwriter »

itishappy wrote: post #60
kensai wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the problem if a site is vibecoded? We will be seeing it more often, I recon. Let's get used to it. On the other hand, perhaps a disclaimer is in order.

It's a strong signal of unknown quality. Caveat emptor. Closed-source makes that extra difficult. We are used to this, hence why folks here point it out.

“It's a strong signal of unknown quality.”

Unknown quality is the absence of information, you can’t have a signal for it.

If you are using “unknown” as a euphemism for “poor”, which is the most obvious thing that makes the signal meaningful in the direction that seems apparent from context, why?.

Re: l: A new runtime for k and q

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Post by jazza68 »

hatefulmoron wrote: post #77
jloveless wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately the code itself is in a style of C many find difficult to read. I blame my upbringing. ATW open sourced examples and it was not really helpful. More recently others are doing a step by step in more standard C https://github.com/ardentsia-cgs/kparser/

Isn't that "more standard C" because it's written by Claude?

this page/site seems fascinated with Claude, to the point where it is an unnecessary distraction.
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