Duncan Mak

@duncanmak
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Programming Languages (Scheme, Smalltalk, PostScript)

Linguistics (generative grammar)

Cambridge, MA
Hong Kong 🇭🇰

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@lispm I've been researching CLOS and I'm really thankful for the collection of papers you have here: http://lispm.de/docs/Publications/Common%20Lisp/CLOS%20and%20Efficiency/

I came across some other articles about CLOS published in Journal of Object-Oriented Programming in the 90s, I wonder if you have ways to get copies of them?

Denison Bollay wrote 3 articles:
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Denison-Bollay-2047992608

Kelly Murray has 4 articles:
https://136.199.55.186/pid/41/4030.html

Thank you much!

/docs/Publications/Common Lisp/CLOS and Efficiency/

Just want to share Alan Kay’s response to being quoted by Zuck in Meta’s recent video on Vision Pro (he concludes with a quote from Kay, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.")
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Texas teen at the supermarket accidentally opens the door to the wrong car. She’s shot.

Kansas City teen goes to get his little brothers and accidentally rings the doorbell of the wrong house. He’s shot.

Car full of teenagers looking for a party accidentally turns into the wrong driveway. They’re shot.

OH dad mistakes 16-y-o daughter for an intruder, shoots her. She died.

These stories happen every day in America and school security or mental health access won't solve them. Only #GunControl.

Never have I imagined showing up in a photo in the local newspaper this way. We left in such a hurry - Zoey didn't even have her shoes on.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/09/cambridge-firefighters-battle-fire-at-church-on-easter/

Cambridge firefighters battle massive fire at church on Easter

Cambridge firefighters were battling a heavy blaze at a church on Easter, according to officials.

Boston Herald
I’m good at both kinds of programming: overcomplicating simple things and underestimating complex problems

I always thought Visual Basic was brilliant and never understood why it was laughed at. This good history of Visual Basic hints at a success even greater than I imagined.

Caveat: the article is published on a gratuitously overdesigned website that makes the fan of my Chromebox spin continuously and raises the CPU temperature by 5 °C.

https://retool.com/visual-basic

#basic #retrocomputing

Something Pretty Right: A History of Visual Basic | Retool

How Visual Basic became the world’s most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development.

Born on this day, March 14, 1933:
Michael Caine, actor, shown here riding a Graziella folding bike in Paris.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Michael!
#BOTD