Monthly Archives: November 2008

Academia (Blaargh…)

Another semester, another 4 HDs… No idea what to make of that. More specifically, my marks were: 85 for Graphics, 85 for Research, 96 for Real and Complex Analysis, 97 for Topics in Advanced Mathematics. All in all, it’s about … Continue reading

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Growing a Language

I was recently pointed at a talk given by Guy Steele (who, amongst other things, co-invented Scheme), given at the 1998 OOPSLA Conference, entitled Growing a Language. In it, he talks about the need for Java to add features that … Continue reading

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The Week in Review…

Time for me to enumerate a few things that have happened of late (in reverse order of occurrence, naturally), since it now seems like the time to do so. Uni I handed in my Computer Science term project today, which, … Continue reading

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Meme #42

Well, I’ve decided to do the Book Meme from PLOA and Planet Debian etc… Just recapping for those of you who haven’t seen it yet (not many of you): Grab the nearest book. Open it to page 56. Find the … Continue reading

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