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Just for Fun
In case all this Erlang code and exposition has you feeling glum, check out this video from the past, featuring the Erlang master himself, Joe Armstrong, and some really excellent phones: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5830318882717959520&hl...
Posted: Nov 05 2007, 10:38 PM by pmiller | with no comments
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Pen & Paper Programming (Part 3) - Annotated Programs
I recently posted about how I used code simulation to understand a piece of Erlang code by explicitly writing out the expansion of a function with a given input. That was truly a manual effort and while it was useful to me, there are of course ways of...
Posted: Nov 05 2007, 10:20 PM by pmiller | with no comments
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Pen & Paper Programming (Part 2)
We left off last time having covered the first 3 lines of the following Erlang function to calculate the permutations of a list: 1: -module(permsModule). 2: -export([perms/1]). 3: 4: perms([]) -> [ [] ]; 5: perms(List) -> [ [Head | Tail] || Head...
Posted: Oct 14 2007, 02:28 PM by pmiller | with 3 comment(s)
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Pen & Paper Programming
With two monitors at home, I find myself using less and less paper while programming. Whenever possible, instead of jotting down notes on a piece of scrap paper, I use my second screen. Not only do I save paper, it makes it automatic to save my notes...
Posted: Oct 10 2007, 09:56 PM by pmiller | with 2 comment(s)
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