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I hope you’re doing wellWhose idea was it to instruct the writers of letters and emails to begin with this insincere introduction?Nov 4Nov 4
Why is there no right-handed list type in Scala?In theory, at least, lists come in two types: left-handed and right-handed. What’s that you say? I’m using the term left-handed for lists…Sep 27Sep 27
The Return of the Native: Part 2Hard to believe, but more than one month of our twelve has already passed and we’re only just feeling somewhat settled in. We did have…Oct 17, 20232Oct 17, 20232
The Sherlock Holmes Guide to Programming, Debugging, and Performance TuningThree useful guidelines for good programming and systematic debugging.Jul 31, 2023Jul 31, 2023
Scala’s versatile unapply methodPreparing some code for my latest batch of Scala students, I wrote a Scala FizzBuzz. The straightforward, obvious, way to write the…Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
Many many years ago, I had problem in FORTRAN which took me a very long time to find.Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022