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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by musk_micropenis on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:49PM (#33805606)
Sorry to hear about the lay-off. I can't stress enough how influential Eric Lippert was on my early career. His work on C# and .NET, but more importantly his openness and engagement with the community played a big part in me continuing on the Microsoft stack.

Just jumping into any random month[1] in his blog archive from my formative years is incredible nostalgia for me. It's not the kind of high-concept "a monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors" content that will make the front page of HN, but was a great pipeline of information for a junior .NET developer hungry to learn.

[1] https://ericlippert.com/2009/08/

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by ericlippert on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:55PM (#33806668)
Thank you, that's kind of you to say.
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by mattchamb on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @03:15PM (#33807006)
I also want to say thanks for exactly the same reasons expressed above. I learnt a lot from your writing when I was a junior developer just starting out in 2010.

You shared a lot of insights that made the internals of the systems we build upon much more accessible to me and helped shape my relationship with all programming languages I have used since then.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by wofo on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:10PM (#33807742)
Just wanted to say thanks too. Back when I was at the university, your blog helped me discover programming languages are something you can actually design. I even ended up contributing to the Rust compiler, which was an incredible learning experience. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by marcusf on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:31PM (#33808031)
Eric, want to echo what folks are saying here. I stumbled on your blog in high school (ca 2003?) and you (and Raymond Chen) fueled so much of my passion for compilers and API design respectively, which dictated both my school choice and at least some career choices later. You were highly influential from afar :)
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by com2kid on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:36PM (#33808113)
Your blog was a huge influence on me, and it, along with The Old New Thing, led to me working at Microsoft for almost a decade. I learned more about software engineering and programming from your blog than from any set of college classes or textbooks, and what you taught directly impacted so many project I've worked on.

Thank you so much, and I hope that someday in the future you will return to blogging!

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by techterrier on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:42PM (#33808182)
ditto, thanks Eric!
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by ericlippert on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @05:55PM (#33809193)
And thanks to all the repliers below for their kind words. My goal was always to share knowledge and enthusiasm and it is genuinely touching to know that I succeeded.
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by smcl on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @05:34PM (#33808919)
Not much I can add here, I think musk_micropenis really hit the nail on the head
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by rjbwork on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @05:40PM (#33808993)
100% agree. Still primarily working in .NET (now core! oh wait, now just .NET again, lol) some 11 years on. Thanks Eric!
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by UglyToad on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:38PM (#33810508)
Strongly agree, I've not read much of his blog but every time I do read an article the quality and personality stand out.

Hoping he gets the time to recover and decompress.

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