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February 26, 2010

Feb 2010 New F# Compiler Bugs

I have been playing around with F# for over a year now, and I really love it. I *think* I have most of it mastered, except maybe active patterns and workflows -- but I'm getting close to groking those. Recursion...

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February 19, 2010

Answering PG'S Arc Challenge: On the Road to a DSL

I'm building a new startup -- it allows people to collect and share quotes from books and web articles. As you add each quote, you tag it. When people vote up or down your quote (or comment on it), the...

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February 10, 2010

The Outsider

I was reading John Graham-Cumming today -- he makes the case that amateurs have a long tradition of helping scientists. He uses several examples, including his own discovery of a data error in some climate data -- an error that...

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