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zik
·last month·discuss
It's definitely not legal in my country (Australia)
zik
·2 months ago·discuss
If your AI is writing bad code then you need to change your AI. No current high-end AI should be producing bad code.
zik
·2 months ago·discuss
Why not use Qt-embedded, which is specifically designed for this kind of thing and works well?
zik
·8 months ago·discuss
I've actually been toying with writing an Algol 68 compiler myself for a while.

While I doubt I'll do any major development in it, I'll definitely have a play with it, just to revisit old memories and remind myself of its many innovations.
zik
·8 months ago·discuss
As a fan of Algol 68, I'm pretty excited for this.

For people who aren't familiar with the language, pretty much all modern languages are descended from Algol 60 or Algol 68. C descends from Algol 60, so pretty much every popular modern language derives from Algol in some way [1].

[1] https://ballingt.com/assets/prog_lang_poster.png
zik
·10 months ago·discuss
In most word processing software you just type "--", or "--- " to get an em-dash. It's not rocket science.
zik
·10 months ago·discuss
> Our AC plugs are, however, the safest design on the planet.

Not if you step on them with bare feet - those things are worse than LEGO. They could punch through a horse's hoof.
zik
·last year·discuss
Wow. That's surprisingly lame.
zik
·12 years ago·discuss
Yes, I also wrote my own C interpreter and the parser was a lot more than a day's work.