Amazing how much stuff is in that single Alan Kay interview. “The Web was done by amateurs.” :-) drdobbs.com/architecture-and…
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“The lack of interest, the disdain for history is what makes computing not-quite-a-field.” – Alan Kay drdobbs.com/architecture-and…
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“Nowadays people are reinventing the flat tire. I'd personally be happy if they reinvented the wheel” – Alan Kay drdobbs.com/architecture-and…
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“Objects were a radical idea, then they got retrograded.” – Alan Kay drdobbs.com/architecture-and…
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“Extracting patterns from today's programming practices ennobles them in a way they don't deserve” – Alan Kay drdobbs.com/architecture-and…
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@dandiep I'm pretty sure @jakubnesetril will be able to help you there
@svenefftinge I know you're pitching a different language (and I wish you luck). I prefer the Java + Clojure or Java + JRuby combination
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@svenefftinge @ewolff we can probably agree to disagree about the value of this tooling vs. all the downsides
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@ewolff I know. There's still no rational argument for wanting to adopt functional programming, but not a functional language
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@ewolff Best one can do in Java, I guess. But why bother? Better to go with a real functional JVM language instead IMO
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@steveklabnik Wow, not even the "About" section in the book has your name on it. You're the stealthiest author I know!
@steveklabnik I didn't buy it (though I will now), and I guess many others didn't either, because who the hell buys a book by Anonymous? :-)
Nice: The Eero programming langue, a feels like CoffeeScript for Objective-C to me eerolanguage.org/index.html
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Most convincing case for using HTML in M2M interactions ever by @jon_moore: codeartisan.blogspot.de/2012…
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I agree 100% RT @roidrage In all seriousness, the MacBook Air is my favorite computer of all time (so far). Wonderful machine.
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I thought @spolsky had quit blogging. Luckily I was wrong: joelonsoftware.com/items/201…
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@pavlobaron Note that I have never seen this problem with my mid-2011 thunderbolt MacBook Air /cc @codepo8
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RT @codepo8: Running out of (Mac) Air: my experience with getting a new computer to present from: christianheilmann.com/2012/0… //cc @ewolff
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