Category Archives: languages

It seems after much resistance to the idea, Go has added exception handling to the language in the form of defer, panic, and recover. The Go Programming Language Blog: Defer, Panic, and Recover. Don’t get me wrong, I think the’ve … Continue reading →

(updated / switched link to source article on stack overflow) So, I wrote my list of some unique programming texts. But on the more practical side, there’s this: Best and Free Programming Ebooks. Free full texts, covering: Bash, C, C++, … Continue reading →

I was once asked “why bother learning these other languages, if you can’t use them”. It hadn’t occurred to this person that I code off hours. I’ve also been asked “what if you find these other languages actually are better … Continue reading →

(Update, added Casting SPELs) For better or worse, it’s accepted in our industry to be fluent in only a single programming language or technology. It’s lame, but there are plenty of excuses for this. “Turing equivalence” right? Finding quality tools … Continue reading →

It’s bad style, but I must start with an aside:  on reddit/scheme, there was a link to a blog series on developing a Scheme interpreter over January 2010.  It might not implement any particular Scheme standard or particularly many libraries, … Continue reading →

The old-timers might figure out what Brand X really is before the end. For the rest of us, the reveal at the end is just as shocking as the author intended.  All and all, it confirms what I suspected: Go … Continue reading →