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revivalizer··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
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revivalizer··on [dead]

  The problem isn’t what FP does—it’s what it actively prevents.
ChatGPTism?

  But beauty without utility is just decoration.
ChatGPTism?

  FP is suitable for expressing one kind of program: a calculator, where the result is the only thing of importance.
This lack of nuance also seems indicative of ChatGPT.
revivalizer··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Hmmmm. I am not sure I would feel comfortable running this.
revivalizer··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
I am working on an failure proof introduction to Lisp/Scheme for imperative programmers. I always thought there was something unapproachable about Lisp. But I finally figured it out, and I want to document my path for people like me. It's going to be great. Expect to be done in a week or so!
revivalizer··on C++ move semantics from scratch (2022)
This is a really well written article that explains the concepts straightforwardly. I had never bothered to understand this before.

... because I gave up on C++ in 2011, after reading Scott Meyers excellent Effective C++. It made me realize I had no desire to use a language that made it so difficult to use it correctly.