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tuixon Curry: A functional logic programming language

Also his middle name Brook

Great to see Quaderno A4 mentioned. Using it everyday. Highly recommend it. Sad that it's not easy to find in many markets

tuixon GNU Octave 6.1.0

Currently you either have MATLAB+Toolboxes or Octave+Packages. I always wondered whether there could be a project to create open source toolboxes that would run in MATLAB. That means no effort is needed to maintain the core language features of MATLAB (of course you would need to buy the basic MATLAB licence without the Toolboxes) in that project and all the energy is spent on developing open-source toolbox replacements (which are typically way more expensive than basic MATLAB licence).

tuixon Procrastination Journal

Or, what is left to prove is trivial.

tuixon How to Get Fired Using Switch Statements and Statement Expressions

The Duff's device example is incorrect. In n%4, the value of n before n=(n+3)/4 should be used, not after that.

tuixon Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

It's not per year, it's for current major version (if you don't want lifetime upgrade option).

edit: You get a free upgrade if there is a major version released within 90 days of your order (if you don't order lifetime upgrade of course)

tuixon In Praise of Idleness (1932)

Some interesting comments from the past:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9015092

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1396167

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1187681

tuixon Volvo Gave Away the Most Important Design They Ever Patented

Unless they are employed by a university. In Sweden, employees of universities always own the invention even though universities function like companies in most aspects.