User Tikhon Jelvis

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What is the "Free Monad + Interpreter" pattern?

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Maybe monad vs exceptions

answered May 30, 2012 at 20:54

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What is the advantage of currying?

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 20:31

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Type systems: nominal vs. structural, explicit vs. implicit

answered Jan 1, 2013 at 12:27

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How to organize functional programs

answered Nov 30, 2011 at 7:28

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CoffeeScript and Named Functions

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 19:20

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Loop Invariants in Python

answered Jan 16, 2013 at 19:24

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What is the supposed productivity gain of dynamic typing?

answered Nov 30, 2011 at 20:20

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Why don't browsers support haml and sass?

answered Jun 10, 2012 at 10:48

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How have languages influenced CPU design?

answered Jul 30, 2012 at 20:45

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Omitting inheritance in programming languages

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 1:19

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Does javascript support numerically indexed arrays with a more optimized algorithm than an associative array?

answered Jan 29, 2013 at 9:40

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Are there any theories or books about how to debug "in general"?

answered Aug 10, 2012 at 20:38

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Resources on learning to program in machine code?

answered Jan 11, 2012 at 3:04

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Must a programmer learn text editors like Emacs and Vim? How important are they?

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 7:54

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Why isn't rich code formatting more common?

answered Dec 4, 2011 at 21:06

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Do you have to be good at math to be a good programmer?

answered Mar 7, 2011 at 9:16

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Please explain the statement that the function an+b belongs to O(n^2) and Θ(n)?

answered Jul 28, 2012 at 9:37

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Why is it good not to rely on changing state?

answered Jan 8, 2012 at 21:21

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Giving variables default values vs. treating accessing an undefined variable as an error

answered Mar 13, 2012 at 20:42

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What do you use macros in your editor for?

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 21:32

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Erlang/Haskell web service to server files

answered Feb 9, 2013 at 21:27

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Resources for learning common algorithms by Lisp

answered Mar 15, 2012 at 6:27

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For what types of applications is Python a bad choice?

answered Mar 11, 2012 at 0:06

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Interested in a million things, have a million goals: how to choose what to focus on

answered Apr 28, 2011 at 4:20

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Was getting a computing science degree easier 10 years ago

answered May 2, 2011 at 9:46

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What's the cheapest way to host hobby projects?

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 8:13

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What decent web-frameworks exists for functional programming?

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 21:02

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What is a good alternative to the name variable for a language that only has immutable references or labels?

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 1:03

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How would Functional Programming proponents answer this statement in Code Complete?

answered Jan 12, 2012 at 10:43

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What is the "Free Monad + Interpreter" pattern?

Maybe monad vs exceptions

What is the advantage of currying?

Type systems: nominal vs. structural, explicit vs. implicit

How to organize functional programs

CoffeeScript and Named Functions

Loop Invariants in Python

What is the supposed productivity gain of dynamic typing?

Why don't browsers support haml and sass?

How have languages influenced CPU design?

Omitting inheritance in programming languages

Does javascript support numerically indexed arrays with a more optimized algorithm than an associative array?

Are there any theories or books about how to debug "in general"?

Resources on learning to program in machine code?

Must a programmer learn text editors like Emacs and Vim? How important are they?

Why isn't rich code formatting more common?

Do you have to be good at math to be a good programmer?

Please explain the statement that the function an+b belongs to O(n^2) and Θ(n)?

Why is it good not to rely on changing state?

Giving variables default values vs. treating accessing an undefined variable as an error

What do you use macros in your editor for?

Erlang/Haskell web service to server files

Resources for learning common algorithms by Lisp

For what types of applications is Python a bad choice?

Interested in a million things, have a million goals: how to choose what to focus on

Was getting a computing science degree easier 10 years ago

What's the cheapest way to host hobby projects?

What decent web-frameworks exists for functional programming?

What is a good alternative to the name variable for a language that only has immutable references or labels?

How would Functional Programming proponents answer this statement in Code Complete?