Notices by The ol' tealeg (tealeg@mastodon.online)

@shriramk one could prefix the the colour with a "c", making "ctan" - that definitely wouldn't create any namespace clashes in the domain of computing commonly used in academia...

@shriramk I appreciate that mode of thought. Once, many years ago (the 90s), I wrote a little pre-processor so I didn't have to type "color" and "center" in HTML files when they clearly should be "colour" and "centre".

A #programming #language called #cricket?

I wonder if the etymology,
of this blessed terminology,
is based in purest entomology?
Or is it rather sorts psychology,
that shaped cricket for you and me?

https://github.com/RyanBrewer317/cricket_rs

cc. @shriramk

@shriramk perhaps they’ve been hanging out with the folks from Jane Street (OCaML nerds) or NuBank (Clojure geeks). Clearly what the world is lacking is a good Racket powered fintech.

@shriramk They literally pirated it? Jeeeeez...

@RL_Dane @amoroso @sgharms @amin
Yes, #lisp is a ton of fun to program in. Once you've done it, you'll never quite be able to give up on it.

@alfredo I think we’ve been in a constant state of flux between the convenience of the packaged experience and the control and learning opportunity of something a bit more hands on. Linux , minix and BSD offered us a way out of the proprietary OS trap, but smartphones, tablets and the cloud have robbed beginners of the easy path to understanding. Of course you can run K8s at home, but it’s not natural or obvious to do so.