I mean... it's not ALL LEENUCKS. You still have to grok the difference between Darwin and Leenucks. And Minix if you work with PCHes.
It sounds almost like the OP is bemoaning the stability of Unix-like systems. I like that ls, cd, mkdir, emacs and cp all work more or less the same way. And as much as I sometimes curse at autotools, I appreciate how…
I'm a fan of FORTH, but absolutely second your motion that Joy is worth investigating. It has a FORTH "feel" but feels like you can more easily do more advanced things with it.
I sometimes write COBOL programs for fun. Seriously... one of the things COBOL used to require and still strongly encourages is to declare record types before procedures (the Data Division is before the Procedure…
My favorite Wikipedia story is when I tried to update the page for the "Homebrew Mobile Phone Club" to reflect the location of the first meeting. Someone (probably not at all maliciously) commented that the club's first…
I mean... it's not ALL LEENUCKS. You still have to grok the difference between Darwin and Leenucks. And Minix if you work with PCHes.
It sounds almost like the OP is bemoaning the stability of Unix-like systems. I like that ls, cd, mkdir, emacs and cp all work more or less the same way. And as much as I sometimes curse at autotools, I appreciate how…
I'm a fan of FORTH, but absolutely second your motion that Joy is worth investigating. It has a FORTH "feel" but feels like you can more easily do more advanced things with it.
I sometimes write COBOL programs for fun. Seriously... one of the things COBOL used to require and still strongly encourages is to declare record types before procedures (the Data Division is before the Procedure…
My favorite Wikipedia story is when I tried to update the page for the "Homebrew Mobile Phone Club" to reflect the location of the first meeting. Someone (probably not at all maliciously) commented that the club's first…