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Guess which language I don't use.

Guess which language I don't use.

PHP: a fractal of bad design - fuzzy notepad

Syndicated 2012-04-10 19:04:04 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Concurrency is certainly the killer app for functional programming.

Concurrency is certainly the killer app for functional programming.

The Downfall of Imperative Programming | FP Complete
Imperative programming is in my bloodstream. I've been a C++ programmer for most of my life. I wrote a book about C++. I helped Andrei and Walter design an imperative language D. If I dabbled in f...

Syndicated 2012-04-09 20:26:19 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

If I ever take leave of my senses and buy a tablet computer and try to code on it, this looks lik...

If I ever take leave of my senses and buy a tablet computer and try to code on it, this looks like the app for me.

Syndicated 2012-04-05 14:06:24 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

This one was good too. I think I have a use for these learning software agents.

This one was good too. I think I have a use for these learning software agents.

InfoQ: We Really Don't Know How To Compute!
Gerald Jay Sussman compares our computational skills with the genome, concluding that we are way behind in creating complex systems such as living organisms, and proposing a few areas of improvement.

Syndicated 2012-04-04 23:05:45 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

I have watched this one though. I recommend it to anyone who thinks they know how to handle compl...

I have watched this one though. I recommend it to anyone who thinks they know how to handle complexity. If you imagine he's saying "conflate" every time he says "complect" he doesn't sound as arrogant.

InfoQ: Simple Made Easy
Rich Hickey emphasizes simplicity’s virtues over easiness’, showing that while many choose easiness they may end up with complexity, and the better way is to choose easiness along the simplicity path....

Syndicated 2012-04-04 18:03:57 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

I plan to watch this when I have time.

I plan to watch this when I have time.

InfoQ: Rich Hickey on Datomic: Datalog, Databases, Persistent Data Structures
Rich Hickey explains the ideas behind the Datomic database: why Datalog is used as the query language, the functional programming concepts at its core, the role of time in the DB and much more.

Syndicated 2012-04-04 18:01:01 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

It's what you'd expect a decentralized smart-card system of currency to be.

It's what you'd expect a decentralized smart-card system of currency to be.

MintChip: The evolution of currency | MintChip Developer Resources
The Royal Canadian Mint is challenging software developers. MintChip: the evolution of currency. Take the MintChip Challenge.

Syndicated 2012-04-04 16:32:26 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Creepy recursive automatons.

Creepy recursive automatons.

Syndicated 2012-03-30 00:34:44 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Robot able to leap kinda tall buildings in a series of bounds!

Robot able to leap kinda tall buildings in a series of bounds!

Syndicated 2012-03-30 00:21:45 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Yo dawg, I heard you liked Conway's Game of Life...

Yo dawg, I heard you liked Conway's Game of Life...

Syndicated 2012-03-28 22:40:28 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale