Emacs/Tramp does that for me.
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I particularly hate the 'modern' trend of have a large touch screen tablet instead of all the knobs and buttons.
Its all controlled by electronics now.
This makes context switching bearable when working on several things.
When I want to try/fix something, if the setup itself takes hours, I lose heart and move on.
Thats why I love lisp (or anything with a decent Repl). Instant gratification.
Why was there a backlash for this operator? (looks kinda neat). Was it breaking things?
Dude!
You think a touch screen tablet replacing all the knobs and tactile buttons is actually a step forward?
Happy to see Raku getting some press.
Some of the warts are gone (like a list element needs to have a scalar context, the stuff that scares away beginners).
It is a _large_ language with paradigms and constructs that are from everywhere (ML, Haskell, Lisp, C, Perl you name it).
Powerful operators. Actually too powerful. Easy to write elegant line-noise kind of code.
Easy to use built in concurrency. (There isn't much that is not built in :-) )
Nice language for Sys/Ops scripting if you find Bash too dangerous and Python too tedious.
Its only fault is, it has too much stuff in it.
As a motorcycle rider, inattentive car drivers are a sore subject.
As for C++, I agree with your last comment. I guess without the gravitation pull of a large existing C++ code base or an existing team of experts or as essential library, there is not much incentive to start new projects in C++.
I too am a firm believer in multiple layers, each possibly using different language/paradigm. I find the functional core with controlled and imperative edges approach very appealing.
But people seem to take offense if someone doesn't follow what is common wisdom (according to them) !
They refuse to take 'I do it because I like it' as an answer.
People eating, drinking and using mobile phones .. I think the luxury of having a hand free with automatic transmission is a contributing factor.
Stick shift requires a certain level of attention/engagement that might actually make for safer driving IMO.
I almost had a panic attack driving an _automatic_ up Lombard. (Sadly an old minivan with bad-lish tires).
In stop and go traffic (is there any other traffic in SFO?) it moved so much backwards and spun so hard every time I tried to move forward/upward.. I swore never to return. I haven't been back on that road since.
- You can read your favourite books every couple of years and not be bored.
- You can watch your favourite Movies and TV Serials every few years. (almost time for Expanse rewatch..)
- IMO it makes you a better/gentler person. I don't hold grudges because I can't be arsed to remember why exactly I was mad at someone.
So is the error handling boilerplate.
More often than not, the primary task I am not doing becomes a 'keylog' issue, I can't do anything else either.
Its just a death spiral.
When I read 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' well into my adulthood, I cried.
Somehow the breathless speech pattern they all adopt is really irritating to me. Thats saying something coming from an ADHD person.
You are too hard on yourself though.
It is like a running race, when we are required to carry 50 Lb bags on our backs, while others are running freely.
At some point we need to accept and not worry too much!
From Emacs/gptel, it seems pretty fast.
I have never used the proper hosted LLMS, so I don't have a direct comparison. But the above LLM answered coding questions in a handful of seconds.
The cost of memory (and disk) upgrades in apple machines is exorbitant.
If it is already red, you may be photographed and fine sent to your address. Or a nearby cop can give you a ticket.
I remember reading somewhere accelerating at orange light is actually a ticket-able offense?