Disappointed to see Google Wave on here[1]

Google wave didn't fail, mankind failed to appreciate how amazing it was. This is a hill I'm prepared to die on

[1] https://collection.museumoffailure.com/google-wave/

mattyw

·5 lat temu·discuss

> I think the reason Lisp self-asphyxiated is because people don't get it.

As programmer who has spent most time in Python/Java/C but has dabbled in a few lisp dialects but isn’t sure if I “get it”: how can I know if I “get it” or not?

mattyw

·8 lat temu·discuss

Some great stuff in this repo thanks. I'm particularly interested in resources that build a type system up step by step, from very simple and working towards Hindley-Milner

mattyw

·8 lat temu·discuss

I like implementing type systems

Could you expand on this? This is something I've just started reading about. I'd be interested in good resources to use to get started. At the moment I've just started reading TAPL.

mattyw

·9 lat temu·discuss

It's not an official document unless it's officially written in the minutes by an official

mattyw

·12 lat temu·discuss

forgive my ignorance, why is operator overloading particularly useful in scientific computing?

mattyw

·13 lat temu·discuss

I find being told a story is a great way of learning a new code base. Often the architecture only makes sense given some historical context, and being told the story of this helps me understand why certain bits are where.