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awt |
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busybot |
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| 18:32 |
phf |
http://logs.bitdash.io/asciilifeform/2022-08-01#1112685 << which book is that? |
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| 18:32 |
bitbot |
(asciilifeform) 2022-08-01 adlai: e.g., Umberto Eco wastes an entire leaf of one book, explaining the different quotation marks. |
| 18:38 |
phf |
http://logs.bitdash.io/asciilifeform/2022-08-01#1112761 << i write a lot of code “for computing ideal guitar tuning” in spare time, end up in a kind of rut, where all kind is a kind of glorified calculator. or perhaps more generously a kind of WEB program, where many paragraphs of thought goes into handful of lines of |
| 18:38 |
bitbot |
(asciilifeform) 2022-08-01 adlai: fwiw, my "write lisp for your soul" drive is leaning more strongly towards "write pure CL functions for computing ideal guitar tuning, given chord progressions of setlist", than "implement the pest spec, then crawl towards roach-for-roach compatibility with roacha" |
| 18:38 |
phf |
code. there’s perhaps merit in implementing pest, because it forces you to explore functionality outside of your usual domain. (of course if you do write gui network programs in lisp on the regular, then perhaps pest is a waste of time) |
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phf |
*where all _code_ is a kind of glorified calculator |
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| 22:01 |
shinohai |
http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2022-08-01#1010922 << I wondered if adlai was referring to "How to Write a Thesis" here, but perhaps he will elaborate when returns. |
| 22:01 |
bitbot |
Logged on 2022-08-01 18:32:31 phf[awt]: http://logs.bitdash.io/asciilifeform/2022-08-01#1112685 << which book is that? |