A rather large cup of tea @seven1m@mastodon.sdf.org

Good morning #sdf. You are my favorite local timeline.

#introductions

Hello. I thought I'd give this instance a try and get to know more #sdf people.

#ruby
#rust
#crystal
#linux
#openbsd
#foss
#opensource
#thinkpad
#walking
#squaredancing
#rubikscube
#homeschool
#churchsoftware
#jesus
#christianity

I just noticed this nugget of wisdom in the mal guide:

>As an aside-aside: The great debate between static and dynamic typing can be understood by following the money. Advocates of strict static typing use words like "correctness" and "safety" and thus get government and academic funding. Advocates of dynamic typing use words like "agile" and "time-to-market" and thus get venture capital and commercial funding.

https://github.com/kanaka/mal/blob/master/process/guide.md#step-3-environments

Should have said "collapse" the tab group -- not "close". Anyway, yeah, check it out.

I've been using Tree Style Tab[1] in Firefox for the last few weeks and after the initial muscle memory problems, I'm in love! I don't feel the need anymore to close tabs when I switch project context -- I just close the tab group! It's lovely.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/

I’m working my way through mal[1] (make a lisp) for a second time, this time in C. Rather than just interpret the ast, though, I’m compiling on the fly using the Tiny C Compiler as a backend.

I didn’t think I’d get it working honestly, but tonight I got the repl do simple arithmetic! 🎉

[1] https://github.com/kanaka/mal

I bought a new iPhone today. Apple is the monster company it is because of suckers like me... 😭

But my new phone is so shiny!!! 😂

I remember wanting to bind my own book in high school but didn’t know what I was doing and the end result was disappointing. This looks like a great guide! http://www.tuxgraphics.org/npa/book-binding/

Good morning creative #SDF people! I love reading your toots about what you’re learning! Even if it’s something I’m not personally interested in... inspiring me to learn new things today!

https://mastodon.sdf.org/media/3rlTgi9fVHL5l-QE8zQ

There is a mastodon instance dedicated to nudists. That shouldn’t surprise me, but it does somehow.

#Programming languages I know (for various definitions of “know”) by decade of invention:

10s: #Rust, #Elixir, #Crystal
00s: #Clojure
90s: #Ruby, #Python, #JavaScript
80s: #Perl
70s: #C, #Scheme
60s: #BASIC
50s: (none)

Is there a language from the fifties worth learning?

What happened to the #SDF Mastodon instance? All the follower counts are zeroed out. (Actually, now that I think about it, maybe it’s a good thing to keep our egos in check!)

Started 2019 with the idea that I will build a compiler for a lisp. Now I’m learning ML and reading a college textbook about compiler design. As one does.

Happy 2019 #SDF. I took a break from social media for a few weeks, and it was refreshing!

Don't take this the wrong way, but people who say "Don't take this the wrong way" tend to be jerks.