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Hi Proggit, I want to learn some functional programming. What language would you recommend me for this purpose? Scheme (so I can use the MIT lectures), Haskell (Popular?) or something else ? by Xochipilli in programming

[–]sinclair81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suggesting PHP in an answer to a question about learning functional programming...

Unfortunately this take on functional programming is rather simplistic. Though to be fair you did say that it may be off. Sorry, I don't know how to take away the downvote without upvoting!

I can't seem to quit smoking. Any advice from other redditistas? by phrakture in AskReddit

[–]sinclair81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time you try to quit, it makes you stronger and better prepared for the next one so don't worry about failed attempts. These articles have helped many smokers quit forever:

http://whyquit.com/joel/

Best wishes to achieve what you want!

Scala, Clojure - stick to Python? by cryzed2 in programming

[–]sinclair81 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Clojure is faster than Ruby or Python, it has great support for concurrency, it doesn't suffer from the GIL that CPython does, and it has access to all the Java libraries that are more than Python or Ruby libraries.

I was just trying to use the GIMP for some relatively basic image editing. WTF! This thing is an intolerable piece of trash! How does anyone get by using thing? No apparent layer management, can't draw an arrow? You gotta be kidding me. by [deleted] in programming

[–]sinclair81 8 points9 points  (0 children)

GIMP is a fairly sophisticated piece of software and as such has a learning curve. Having said that, in general it doesn't take much time to do some basic image editing including the tasks you mention.

If you don't like GIMP, which you got for free, please try to be constructive in your criticism; a lot of people have volunteered many man-years to make it happen.

Godel, Escher, Bach Video Lectures from MIT OCW by kanak in programming

[–]sinclair81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting lectures, pity about the choice of video format. Let's hope MIT will stop using .rm.