Clojure advocacy article by Robert Cecil Martin.
Why Clojure is better than C, Python,Ruby and java and why should you care
http://telegra.ph/Why-Clojure-is-better-than-C-PythonRuby-and-java-and-why-should-you-care-12-20
Lisp on JVM is better than Lisp on it’s own VM? I don’t get it.
Interessanter Artikel über die Verantwortung der Programmierer.
Die den Code der Welt von morgen schreiben
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/digitalisierung-die-den-code-der-welt-von-morgen-schreiben-1.3318302
Vielleicht sollte nicht alles, was machbar ist, auch gemacht werden.
Google created a Python runtime in Go.
Grumpy: Go running Python!
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/01/grumpy-go-running-python.html
Oh, no Python 3. 🙁
PS: auf Heise.de in Deutsch: https://heise.de/-3588639
Do you think one should learn Smalltalk nowadays? The following article has some information.
Can Learning Smalltalk Make You A Better Programmer?
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/16/12/31/0413250/can-learning-smalltalk-make-you-a-better-programmer
I was surprised to read about Amber Smalltalk. A Smalltalk for the web.
Article on IBM developerWorks about languages for machine learning.
The Most Popular Language For Machine Learning Is …
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/jfp/entry/What_Language_Is_Best_For_Machine_Learning_And_Data_Science
Looks like Python, R and Java are a good choice.
Yet another programmer whining about the present?
The sorry state of the programming world as of the end of 2016 AD
https://dorinlazar.ro/the-sorry-state-of-the-programming-world-as-of-the-end-of-2016-ad/
Why do I always find articles like this?
Want to try system programming in Haskell? Have a look at the Haskus system.
Haskus system
https://github.com/haskus/haskus-system
Oh my. So many things to try. And so little free time. Maybe I should go part-time.
Believe it or not, Fortran is still used today. Dan Elton wants to explain why.
Why physicists still use Fortran
http://www.moreisdifferent.com/2015/07/16/why-physicsts-still-use-fortran/
I have no problem with Fortran. One can abuse any language to write bad code and good code can be written in Fortran as well.
Not everything is cool in software development. Read what bryanedds has to say about this.
Living in the Age of Software Fuckery
Ten Anti-patterns and Malpractices in Modern Software Development
https://medium.com/@bryanedds/living-in-the-age-of-software-fuckery-8859f81ca877#.akv5k9jq4
I think industrial software development will always be like that. Maybe creative coding is the answer.
Simon Marlow explains a bit about how they run Haskell at Facebook.
Haskell in the Datacentre
https://simonmar.github.io/posts/2016-12-08-Haskell-in-the-datacentre.html
Unfortunately I don’t know enough about Haskell to understand the whole article. However, it seems that it’s worth to learn more about this.
Check out this article on Flexatone HFP, if you want to make music Python.
Python Systems for Algorithmic Composition and Computational Musicology
http://www.flexatone.org/article/softwarePythonMusicTools
I need some free time to try this.
While the following article by Itamar Turner-Trauring covers Test-Driven Development, it contains good advice in general.
Experts, True Believers and Test-Driven Development: how expert advice becomes a religion
https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/12/15/experts-vs-zealots/
I like the conclusion: “Learn from the experts, but never become a True Believer.”
Don Denoncourt on getting older in tech.
ON GETTING OLD(ER) IN TECH
http://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech/
“Young people are just smarter.” -Mark Zuckerberg
Not only we have language battles, but version battles too!
The (lack of a) case against Python 3
http://blog.lerner.co.il/case-python-3/
It’s Python, Not Python 2, Not Python 3!
https://hackernoon.com/its-python-not-python-2-not-python-3-7caeef5adb29#.x6clshtc6
Well, I don’t know much about the differences between 3 and 2. But I can image that this debate is not helping the community much. It will just leave newcomers puzzled.