Stumbled upon this link about the Whitespace programming language. It's really funny!

It's been some time since I worked until 04:20:28. I had some discussions with friends, completed my work, and handled project management tasks as well. Python is catching up well—it's really a cool language. Once I become sufficiently familiar with it, writing Python should feel like writing English.

Questions to myself:

• Find the difference between re.search and re.match.
• Read the Python FAQ.

Some Python Notes

Part 1:

Is Python "powerful"? :-)

http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html

Part 2:

Something to think about... Every new release of Python implements more and more features of Lisp. So, why not just use Lisp now instead of waiting for the developers of Python to slowly make Python into Lisp?

(adapted from 1(pg's arguments))

Part 3:

What is your opinion on Python not having higher order functions? Do you think programming languages need to be dumbed down so that some users of the language (ie.developers) don't shoot themselves in the foot?

kulalosai

Re: Some Python Notes

yep i've read this article b4, when i was evaluating different languages to use for webapp.

so far, my belief is that lisp is superior to everything else. pretty soon i think (and i hope) i'll know for sure. i'll keep u posted on what i find out ( subjectively... can't assure an objective view... :-) ). i'm very curious about what u find too...

kulalosai

Re: Some Python Notes

I read the article last week. Though it was thought provoking, it did not much disturb me as not to dive deeper into python. I dont know, sometimes I stumble upon few limitations but they are more due to lack of knowledge than anything else. Python I have found to be easy to write a program in. esr has some of his thoughts on python here.

An important measure of effort in coding is the frequency with which you write something that doesn't actually match your mental representation of the problem, and have to backtrack on realizing that what you just typed won't actually tell the language to do what you're thinking. An important measure of good language design is how rapidly the percentage of missteps of this kind falls as you gain experience with the language.







When you're writing working code nearly as fast as you can type and your misstep rate is near zero, it generally means you've achieved mastery of the language. But that didn't make sense, because it was still day one and I was regularly pausing to look up new language and library features!







This was my first clue that, in Python, I was actually dealing with an exceptionally good design. Most languages have so much friction and awkwardness built into their design that you learn most of their feature set long before your misstep rate drops anywhere near zero. Python was the first general-purpose language I'd ever used that reversed this process.







Not that it took me very long to learn the feature set. I wrote a working, usable fetchmailconf, with GUI, in six working days, of which perhaps the equivalent of two days were spent learning Python itself. This reflects another useful property of the language: it is compact--you can hold its entire feature set (and at least a concept index of its libraries) in your head. C is a famously compact language....

Let me put somemore points. Btw, try the Trip on the funny boat. That was a nice one.

Senthil

Recent Books

• Comics: Tintin: Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon A good entertainer. I am a long-time fan of Tintin.

• The Mythical Man Month Excellent essays on software engineering by Fred Brooks. His experience managing a large software project is evident in this book. The book provides valuable insights into the software development process. If you are a software developer, tester, or manager, you should read this book.

• The Code Book by Simon Singh This book explores the history of cryptography and shares many stories from the field. It sparks interest in cryptography and helps you appreciate the efforts of those who have contributed to its development.

Recent Movies

• Munich It was okay. You can watch it once. It felt like a standard Spielberg movie.

• The Incredibles Excellent movie. I don't know why I missed watching this in the theater. I enjoyed it a lot. Dash's run was particularly impressive.

• Ice Age 2 I watched it twice. I enjoyed it very much the first time. The scenery is well-made, and the storyline is okay, but still very enjoyable.

• The Da Vinci Code A good movie. I initially wanted to watch it after reading the book but decided to watch it anyway. I found it very interesting. The movie is gripping even if you know the story. It presents an alternative history suggesting that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, they had a child, and their lineage continues to this day.

That's all I can remember for the recent past.

Happy PI day to you!

Rapple 1.0 Released!

Project Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rapple

Home Page: http://rapple.sourceforge.net

From: Alan Moran

Mailed-By: lists.sourceforge.net

To: rapple-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

Date: Nov 27, 2005, 6:06 PM

Subject: [Rapple-devel] Rapple 1.0 Released!

I have just released Rapple 1.0 via FRS onto SourceForge.net. This release (along with tests, resources, and website docs) has been tagged Release-1_0.

Many thanks to all involved in meeting this deadline. There are still places where we can improve and features we can add, but I think it is important that a functional version is made public so that we can begin to understand how end users see the tool. The progress we have made so far in quality (e.g., unit test framework) and documentation (e.g., Doxygen and website) is great and gives us a good basis to start from.

I have tentatively put together a roadmap for release 1.1 (you can see this on the website now), so let's put some ideas together for what should be done and what we need to fix or improve on in the current implementation!

Thanks for all your input!

Regards, Alan

I made my first contribution to https://github.com/dell/libsmbios with the patch to checkSkipTest for Skipping unit_test failures.

Now links:

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In the C Source Code Resources Directory.

Thanks! And a good step forward.

Good Job! :).:|Kirubakaran|:.

Kirubakaran

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That's an Agatha Christie title! I read the book over the weekend and got a glimpse of the talent of the Queen of Crime. This was my first entry into the world of Agatha Christie. She has a very nice writing style, great attention to detail, and is an excellent storyteller. :)

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This novel is filled with numerous life lessons. It delves into many subtle issues of the human mind regarding beauty, the security of women in a male-dominated society in India, and what a man's love for a beautiful woman might signify. It also explores the plight of a talented, motherless girl born into a poor family and how sometimes good people endure immense suffering through no fault of their own. Despite these bleak circumstances, the novel reminds us that there are still good people in the world.

The story encourages introspection on many issues. Thank you, dearest Madam Sudha Murthy, for such a wonderful novel.