Polyglot (computing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
april 2010 by rtlechow
"In the context of computing, a polyglot is a computer program or script written in a valid form of multiple programming languages, which performs the same operations or output independently of the programming language used to compile or interpret it.
Generally polyglots are written in a combination of C (which allows redefinition of tokens with a preprocessor) and a scripting programming language such as Lisp, Perl or sh."
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Generally polyglots are written in a combination of C (which allows redefinition of tokens with a preprocessor) and a scripting programming language such as Lisp, Perl or sh."
april 2010 by rtlechow
RFC 3092 (rfc3092) - Etymology of "Foo"
march 2010 by rtlechow
"Approximately 212 RFCs, or about 7% of RFCs issued so far, starting
with [RFC269], contain the terms `foo', `bar', or `foobar' used as a
metasyntactic variable without any proper explanation or definition.
This may seem trivial, but a number of newcomers, especially if
English is not their native language, have had problems in
understanding the origin of those terms. This document rectifies
that deficiency.
Read more: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html#ixzz0jlmuEAN9"
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with [RFC269], contain the terms `foo', `bar', or `foobar' used as a
metasyntactic variable without any proper explanation or definition.
This may seem trivial, but a number of newcomers, especially if
English is not their native language, have had problems in
understanding the origin of those terms. This document rectifies
that deficiency.
Read more: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html#ixzz0jlmuEAN9"
march 2010 by rtlechow
Gravity train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
march 2010 by rtlechow
"All straight-line gravity trains on a given planet take exactly the same amount of time to complete a journey (that is, no matter where on the surface the two endpoints of its trajectory are located). For Earth, this time would equal 2530.30 seconds (nearly 42.2 minutes) if it were a perfect sphere. [2]"
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march 2010 by rtlechow
The LoseThos Operating System
january 2010 by rtlechow
""LoseThos" was inspired by the scene in the movie, Platoon, where Elias says
to Chris, "Shitcan this and this..." (Dorky standard issue equipment.)"
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to Chris, "Shitcan this and this..." (Dorky standard issue equipment.)"
january 2010 by rtlechow
Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2009 by rtlechow
"The Good Ship Vasa" is used in the YAGNI section of "The Productive Programmer" as an example of a failed communication game.
"And here is the interesting question: whose fault was the sinking of the Vasa? The king, for asking for more and more features? Or the builders, who built what he wanted without vocalizing their concerns loudly enough? Look around at the project on which you are currently working: are you creating another Vasa?"
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"And here is the interesting question: whose fault was the sinking of the Vasa? The king, for asking for more and more features? Or the builders, who built what he wanted without vocalizing their concerns loudly enough? Look around at the project on which you are currently working: are you creating another Vasa?"
october 2009 by rtlechow
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