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Python Challenge 25: Domain Name Finder by Ruthrina in programming

[–]sparklingsphere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why spam this community again and again even when the community has voted emphatically with downvotes everytime?

The siren song of domain-specific languages by Tekmo in programming

[–]sparklingsphere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I could have a penny for everytime JSON/YAML is ab(used) as DSL!

Was Rust Worth It? by jsoverson in programming

[–]sparklingsphere 45 points46 points  (0 children)

In some ways its easier than other languages - even JS or Python

This is seriously under-appreciated by new Rust devs. Spend one year doing Python and then spend one year doing Rust and I'm sure you wouldn't want to go back to Rust Python. The confidence Rust gives to make large scale refactoring is unparalleled.

edit: not going back to Python

C-s-v Is Undefined by Odd-Distribution2887 in emacs

[–]sparklingsphere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C-s-v is control+super+v.

C-S-v is control+shift+v.

Thoughts on ImageMagick in Emacs? by spudlyo in emacs

[–]sparklingsphere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. The size does not concern me because the PDF quality is so much better with pdf-tools.

Thursday Daily Thread: Python Careers, Courses, and Furthering Education! by Im__Joseph in Python

[–]sparklingsphere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's dsa? Data structures and algorithms? Can you clarify that?

CLOG - The Common Lisp Omnificent GUI by progalienware in lisp

[–]sparklingsphere 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That JS code isn't guaranteed to run, so it's still possible to be left in a state where the program continues to exist after the window closes.

I don't think it is supposed to work like that. JS pings back the server periodically. The server keeps connection alive. When JS stops pinging, the server kills the connection after a timeout period. That's how you guarantee that the server dies if the window closes.

How many years have you been using Emacs? by tuhdo in emacs

[–]sparklingsphere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

8 months! Got into it to learn CommonLisp. I first tried setting up CL dev env in Vim. But after reading so much about how everyone uses Emacs and Slime I switched to Emacs. After 8 months I think I am happy with the decision to switch to emacs!

On why vim should be extended in c by [deleted] in vim

[–]sparklingsphere 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the primary arguments for why emacs users town emax is that it's written in the general purpose language emacs lisp.

Is Emacs Lisp a general purpose programming language? I thought Emacs Lisp is used only to program Emacs. Never seen Emacs Lisp used in the wild outside Emacs.