Ask HN: What happened to rules engines?
Why are rules engines not more widely used in current software systems?
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Ask HN: Are there other well-paying fields that welcome self-taught people?
Are there fields other than software development where self-taught people can get a well-paying job?
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Functional Language Features in Rust – Iterators and Closures
Re:How we secretly introduced Haskell and got away with it
on Saturday March 04, 2017 @11:28AM (#13791528)
In many European countries there are workplaces that only hire people with relevant academic degrees.
A course on functional+logic programming is often placed in the 2nd or 3rd year of a typical European 3-3½ year CS degree.
Re:A Look inside Russian 28nm MIPS CPU – Baikal-T1
on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:45PM (#13769872)
>I'm a chip architect
Many people with an ECE/CS background have probably had a FPGA + VHDL/Verilog course.
What are some additional skills needed to enter the chip industry?
Re:A Look inside Russian 28nm MIPS CPU – Baikal-T1
on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:33PM (#13769758)
The semiconductor industry is globalism on steroids.
A single SoC can have multiple IP cores designed in the UK, US, India etc. but also some designed in smaller countries like Israel and Ireland.
Re:How to Set Up an OpAmp Circuit to Do Complex Mathematics
on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:53PM (#13671164)
Is it possible that high precision/performance analog devices might perform some graphics tasks (e.g. ray tracing) faster than digital computers?