zephyrfalcon

This is satire... right?

But if he doesn't know where the car is, how can he be sure that the door he opens is going to have a goat?

It's not duck typing if you have to declare the type...

THIS InfoSeek? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek Probably not...

This is from an era when you could still make the computer do what you want. Those days are long gone now; incidentally, that's why "It is now safe to turn off your computer" does not belong in this list, because it still exists, just not under that name. Windows (or whatever OS) decides when you can turn it off. Just like it now decides when it's time to upgrade.

Actually there _is_ a lot to be missed about those times, in spite of all the "progress" we've made since then.

Also: Zoids... https://zoids.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Zoids

OK, I completely misread that title.

This is satire, right?

...Right?

You don't have to go through all the globals, you just have to get the caller's namespace, which is fairly simple. See e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/a/6618825/27426

For this reason, I think it's not true that this absolutely had to be a language feature rather than a library. A template class written in pure Python could have done the same lookup in its __init__.

Taylor Swift didn't donate anything to either party. (as far as we know)

So they say, but I'm really not sure what has changed... see https://support.apple.com/en-us/111895 ...?

It's 1912. Most likely they worked in a factory.

There is definitely a push for it; not all of us think it's an improvement. When I see modern Python code, it looks nothing like the (relatively) clean, smallish and easy-to-understand language that it was 25 years ago. I get it, things change. The language now caters to a different crowd and attracts different people.

But I have often wondered, if someone wants static typing, why not just use a statically typed language?

> You need a language that is small yet still complete. Even today, the only languages that really fit that bill are Scheme/Lisp, Tcl, and Forth.

Maybe Io or REBOL fall into this category as well...? Or Logo...

> Context: I have a side business deploying chat LLMs for OnlyFans models for fans to "talk" to

Seems illegal, or at the very least a violation of OF's Terms of Service.

More generally, an example of what is wrong with the experience of using computers/internet today.

Fermat's Last Theorem was proven by Andrew Wiles in 1994 after centuries of attempts. While artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in mathematical research and theorem proving, the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem required a highly specialized understanding of mathematics, particularly in the field of number theory.

It's challenging to predict with certainty when AI might independently prove such a complex theorem. While AI systems can certainly assist mathematicians in exploring mathematical concepts and even discovering new theorems, the level of creativity, insight, and intuition required to solve problems like Fermat's Last Theorem is still largely within the domain of human mathematicians. However, AI may contribute indirectly by aiding in the exploration of vast mathematical spaces and providing tools for verification and validation of proofs.

IMHO, Python is also huge nowadays. :( (The language itself, that is, not counting the 500K+ third-party libraries that it has nowadays.)

As for the Camel book, what I liked about it is that it explains why Perl is the way it is... the underlying philosophy. Once you know that, it starts making a lot more sense. You usually didn't get that with books like "Learn Perl in 21 days" or something.

An acronym. The "GPP" is the DOS-ified spelling of "g++"; the '+' was not (officially) allowed in MS-DOS filenames. The DJ stands for the first name (not the initials, apparently [1]) of the project's originator, DJ Delorie.

Although: "Since C++ is integral to gcc, djgpp no longer stands for "DJ's G++" but probably stands for something like "DJ's GNU Programming Platform"." [2]

[1] https://www.delorie.com/users/dj/

[2] https://www.delorie.com/djgpp/history.html

See: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

I would like to read such an article...

Not sure if nobody has tried to implement it, but there's PLOT: http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/PLOT/

Although it does look like it would take more than a weekend to write a compiler for it... :3

In my experience, the market is a lot worse than a year ago.

I am curious, then what does "perpetual" mean in licensing law?