Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. It is simple to learn, does not require long compilation passes and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and really fast data manipulation. Pike is … Read more
Suppose we want to draw a batch of images, where each image is made up of randomly positioned and colored triangles, that are blending. It will look like this: and then find the euclidean distance of each such image to … Read more
It’s possible to pair well simply by avoiding pairing poorly. Stay away from these common mistakes and you’ll up your chances of success. For navigators: Leaping on errors too quickly Give your driver a chance to notice their own syntax … Read more
I made this game so I can improve my daughter’s ability to read and debug code. Each card has something interesting to teach. The game is simple, pick a card, read the code, throw a 20 sided dice (wherever you … Read more
Hybrid Functional/Object-Oriented Language Skip features an opinionated mix of ideas from functional and object-oriented styles, all carefully integrated to form a cohesive language. Like functional languages, Skip is expression-oriented and supports abstract data types, pattern matching, easy lambdas, higher-order functions, … Read more
High-performance computing is needed for an ever-growing number of tasks — such as image processing or various deep learning applications on neural nets — where one must plow through immense piles of data, and do so reasonably quickly, or else … Read more
How many of you have listened, read or taken part in a discussion about programming languages that goes like the following: Person A: “Programming language X is bad, code written in it is unreadable and horrible.” Person B: “No it’s … Read more
“Hit the skeleton with the sword, take his ring, and then walk north and touch the altar.” The year is 2022 and 35 years later, I still remember that damned sentence. The year was 1987 and I was writing a … Read more
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MacOS Freeware/Shareware I had spent my high school years in the PC world on my IBM PCjr, but decided to head off to college with a clean slate. It was there that I had my first Macintosh experiences and eventually succumbed … Read more