revivalizer
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?
on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @02:54PM (#46621964)
Re:
on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:14AM (#46602984)
The problem isn’t what FP does—it’s what it actively prevents.
ChatGPTism? But beauty without utility is just decoration.
ChatGPTism? FP is suitable for expressing one kind of program: a calculator, where the result is the only thing of importance.
This lack of nuance also seems indicative of ChatGPT.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)
on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:10PM (#46578750)
Hmmmm. I am not sure I would feel comfortable running this.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)
on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:07PM (#46578699)
I am working on an failure proof introduction to Lisp/Scheme for imperative programmers. I always thought there was something unapproachable about Lisp. But I finally figured it out, and I want to document my path for people like me. It's going to be great. Expect to be done in a week or so!
Re:C++ move semantics from scratch (2022)
on Saturday November 08, 2025 @12:07PM (#45858192)
This is a really well written article that explains the concepts straightforwardly. I had never bothered to understand this before.
... because I gave up on C++ in 2011, after reading Scott Meyers excellent Effective C++. It made me realize I had no desire to use a language that made it so difficult to use it correctly.