hawkw

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I'm a student at a small liberal arts college, pursuing a double major in Applied Computing & Environmental Science. I program in Python, C, Scala, and Java. I like the first three. [ my public key: https://keybase.io/hawk; my proof: https://keybase.io/hawk/sigs/STp5H8LHHVzrgF0Cc4wddCO5QWZybvdUuPCztxYo3hw ]

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Comment · 12 years ago

Sorry, that wasn't meant to read as sarcastic or critical, I actually think Mochi is really neat. I love Scala, basically because it adds pattern matching to Java, and am really happy to see Python get a similar treatment.

Comment · 12 years ago

So Mochi : Python as Scala : Java? Neato.

Comment · 12 years ago

This is wicked cool. I am really happy to see this.

Comment · 12 years ago

Purely out of curiosity: what is it that you do that forces you to work with COBOL on a daily basis?

Comment · 12 years ago

Footnote typesetting is abominable, too.

Comment · 12 years ago

Not sure if I see an actual use case for this since we live in a world that has Pandas, but I'm impressed.

Comment · 12 years ago

I feel like Wired goes back and forth a lot - some of their articles (on a number of topics, not just computer-related) are pleasingly technical and I've really enjoyed them, and some feel really watered down. Probably, it depends on the individual writer.

Comment · 12 years ago

As a Scala enthusiast, it's neat to see one of my pet languages get press, but...a "software engineering technology called Scala"? Did you mean "programming language"?

Comment · 12 years ago

Also, I recall there being a reference to an Enochian Metagrammar at one point or another...

Comment · 12 years ago

Yeah, that's a good trick - I was thinking specifically of the benefits of launching into an inclined orbit vs. the incredibly painful process of gravity turn, circularize, change inclination, and circularize again...

Comment · 12 years ago

If there's one thing I've learned from Kerbal Space Program, it's that inclination changes are Hard and Scary...

Comment · 12 years ago

Icon was actually one of the first programming languages I learned, way back in elementary school. Thank you for reminding me of this.

Comment · 13 years ago

Comment · 13 years ago

If there's no money to be extracted from it, then it's dead in the eyes of industry.

Comment · 13 years ago

I assumed this was about whole brain simulation / emulation. Needless to say, I was disappointed.