PHP vs Python

iritegood · 2 years

Hiding errors vs handling errors

ZioKiko · 2 years

nsfw adds

Arro · 2 years

Properly functioning software doesn't always correlate to software "done right".

dons · 2 years

Can someone tell me if I have this strait:

The difference between currying (as explained here or otherwise) and partial function application is a matter of timing? Currying implies/means that when a function of arity n is defined or curried it actually defines n functions with one argument. Partial application is the act using an n-arity function with m arguments and receiving a function of n-m arity.

Sort of compile time or 'currytime' with the first, and runtime with the second? Even if the timing bit is wrong, is the logic behind my explanation correct?

ezyang · 2 years

I've been thinking a lot about haskell's type system as it compares to testing (I'm a ruby dev for a living), and clearly its better for the case where you need to "get it right" the first time.

But in application domains where some bugs are acceptable (web dev) it can be a handicap because you can't dive in and debug your logic easily.

EDIT: and you should have tests either way, you just need less with Haskell.

apostrophes · 2 years

you can spice it up a bit with monk.rb to save you some time in building out your tests and logging.

FlySwat · 2 years

http://pastebin.com/m5ab589d7

A resource routing extension for Sinatra that I've been working on recently. Here's a sample of what it looks like in use.

http://pastebin.com/m3691cab2

alpheccar · 2 years

I would prefer to see initial introductions to Monads in this form as opposed to a side effect control mechanism.

drewhenson · 2 years

nice introduction to the wonderful world of open source software development.

nousplacidus · 2 years

Also check out the other articles on his site. Good stuff if you're interested in mongodb.

puzza007 · 2 years

The coolest part of Erlang is the vm (hot swapping and lightweight threads).

Ingenium21 · 2 years

Good companies don't care if you have a CS degree (associates or otherwise), they care that you know how to write good software. Make sure you're reading along those lines and above all make sure you're programming.

If you can demonstrate in an interview you know what good software is, you should be just fine.

edit: s/most companies/good companies/

dons · 2 years

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novel

You'll notice the second definition has nothing to do with newness.

dons · 2 years

Generics?

t0rty · 2 years

“Python has been around since 1989, but never had many users until recently,” said Janel Garvin, founder of Evans Data, in a statement.

interesting, that has not been my perception

nousplacidus · 2 years

LINE NOISE

nousplacidus · 2 years

For the 10% that you need CRAZY performance when building ruby applications just write a C extension.

JadeNB · 2 years

same issue with erlang, or at least it was a couple of months ago

nousplacidus · 2 years

I know.

awb · 2 years

As I pointed out in the blog comments, I used VIM until I started working with erlang.

lanzkron · 2 years

do what I do, write about haskell. No more critical!

HMOCEO · 2 years

"I think the conventional wisdom is that modern insurance companies are skimming a little too much off the top for the shareholders. Won't the differences between for-profit and not-for-profit bookkeeping be enough to offset these 'advantages'?"

This statement naively assumes that a publicly run institution is equally efficient as a private one.

mc_ · 2 years

Without detailed information about the data in and uses for the database its hard for anyone to offer an opinion. It could be that Oracle is in fact the right choice.

nousplacidus

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