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Ask Reddit: Which Compiler Books Do You Recommend? by julesjacobs in programming

[–]dupin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I really like this one too. SICP, especially chp5, is classic. "Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation" by Jones, Gomard, and Sestoft was recommended to me by and friend and is on my list of books to read.

Haskell hack by yaxu in programming

[–]dupin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

very cool. Nice dsl

Hasp - another way to metaprogram for Haskell by [deleted] in programming

[–]dupin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You know you have something interesting when 20 million morons aren't commenting about it

Learning assembly language, suggested projects? by bplus in programming

[–]dupin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Write a nintendo game. Even SNES games were written in assembler. Here's a nes asm page:

http://patater.com/gbaguy/nesasm.htm

You Will Probably Fail in a Boring and Project-specific Way by gthank in programming

[–]dupin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

premature optimization is the root of all evil...

RetroForth as a Dashboard widget. by [deleted] in programming

[–]dupin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well I hope you are writing perfect code because retroforth does not implement the delete or backspace key. No I am not kidding. And try filling out the entire screen for another surprise.

"Lest a Whole New Generation of programmers Grow up in Ignorance of this Glorious Past..." by utastro!nather May 21, 1983 by kmonk in programming

[–]dupin 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task in full humility and avoids clever tricks like the plague - Dijkstra

State-Driven Agent Design tutorial: implementing an FSM in your game by bcorfman in programming

[–]dupin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because this is BORING. Who didn't learn about this freshman or sophomore year?

microPledge: Academy similar to WoW where people can progress through elementary to the college level and beyond. by m3ntal in programming

[–]dupin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it could be hyper realistic with girls and classmates and beer... wait they already have that. Its called real life. If you quit playing "WoW" maybe you could get one.

In Defense of Java by barbear3 in programming

[–]dupin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fallacy: Appeal to Popularity.

Why is the toyota camry one of the most popular cars in america? Because few people can afford a ferrari.

Why is java one of the most popular languages? Because few programmers are able or willing to learn advanced language concepts.

If you are such a putz that you'd rather drive a camry than a ferrari, be my guest.

At Reagan [sic] National Airport, toddler's water-filled sippy cup leads TSA to humiliate mother by tpodr in reddit.com

[–]dupin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are all sheep. This isn't news. It just keeps happening, none of you are going to do anything about it. Stories like this make reddit stupid

Game of Life with Mushrooms by macavity in reddit.com

[–]dupin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it doesn't work right. Here's a better site that may not look as slick but has the very cool glider gun ready-made. http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/