>>161
'perceived', dipshit. and the comic specifically mentions 'hacking together'.
you're a fucking retard.
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Anonymous2007-02-16 15:42
>>162
yeah, and Windows is generally "perceived" as a good operating system and Bush as a good president. Don't use that fucking word if you don't know what it means. As for the "fucking retard" expression, YHBT, now go back to high-school where you belong.
>>166
Python is just "ok" for some small projects, you have to switch to C++ if you want efficiency and more flexible objects with the template system, sorry.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 9:54
>>166
"Yes". As long as you understand:
1. The right tool goes for the right job. Python is the right tool for some jobs, and it's not the right tool for some others.
2. Nothing is perfect. Python has caveats, Ruby has caveats, Lisp has caveats, etc. The fact we criticize some misfeatures of Python doesn't make it suck.
>>170
variable number of arguments in haskell requires lots of fucking about with the type system, thread over.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 12:40
>>171
One word. Variable number of arguments. Thread over.
Also, solution looking for a problem -- if you need varargs, you are probably doing something wrong (or implementing some sprintf-like thing).
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Anonymous2007-02-17 12:44
>>172
>> Also, solution looking for a problem -- if you need varargs, you are probably doing something wrong (or implementing some sprintf-like thing).
so uh... your point is?
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Anonymous2007-02-17 12:47
>>173
Generally you don't need varargs, and thus >>171's point (assuming he made one) is Robert Bopkins.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 14:03
variable length argument lists; yeah Haskell doesn't like them much because of its currying behaviour. However you can just pass a list, you pussy.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 14:07
THIS IS SPARTA WE ARE GOING TO DINE IN HELL
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Anonymous2007-02-17 14:56
>>174
Generally you need variable number of arguments to simplify interfaces intelligently, by using default values for the rarest options.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 16:00
>>177
Nah, you don't actually *NEED* to have functions with variable number of argumets. It makes sense to have, and it's nice, but Haskell has never cared about either of those.
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Anonymous2007-02-17 16:38
>>178
Haskell is kind of the retarded kid of functional languages, the one that tries too hard but is useless and boring.
>>186
Ducks are Touring complete. They move across a (theoretically) infinite river in either direction. They have memory. In each step, they can catch fish, take a dump, or quack.
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Anonymous2007-06-22 9:14 ID:1JNfRxL/
Epic bump of epic proportions. Here you can observe the origins of the `Forced Indentation' meme which I invented in its natural habitat.
>>37
because brackets for array access and semicolons for statement terminators actually make sense and are unambiguous, whereas with whitespace it's hard to see something that isn't there.