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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by stcredzero on Monday December 15, 2008 @03:46PM (#398786)
The guy who laughs reminds me of a conversation I had years ago. This guy I was talking to was worried about people contracting AIDS from tattoo parlours. I pointed out that this could be prevented by simply sterilizing with bleach. Well, he simply couldn't believe that something as nefarious and complex as AIDS could be prevented with something as mundane as household bleach.

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bleachiv.htm

Also reminds me of the rube who couldn't believe that someone could improve on the speed of MRI by a factor of 50X, simply because he somehow felt that everything about Ruby must be advanced in every possible way.

Scott Adams should sell cards that read: "Congratulations, you've just exhibited a prime example of PHB logic!"

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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by petercooper on Monday December 15, 2008 @04:54PM (#398885)
Also reminds me of the rube who couldn't believe that someone could improve on the speed of MRI by a factor of 50X, simply because he somehow felt that everything about Ruby must be advanced in every possible way.

Got a citation / reference for this?

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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by stcredzero on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @09:25AM (#399495)
“So do you seriously think that all these smart people, writing (and collaborating on) all these projects have somehow missed the magic technique that’s going to make Ruby run 60x faster?”

http://fukamachi.org/wp/2008/06/02/maglev-and-the-naiivety-o...

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Re:How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler? by petercooper on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @09:52AM (#399512)
Much appreciated - thanks!
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