Programming was my first introduction to structured thought, and i have
always enjoyed it as a hobby. Among all the languages i have used, i have
written non-trivial or larger programmes
in Assembly[1], C, Common
Lisp, Haskell, Java, Javascript,
Python, Pascal[2], and Rust. Of
these C, Haskell and Lisp stand out
to me as excellent languages and representative of their domains, and much
of my experience has been in them.
I am presently excited to learn Zig as
a C replacement, and i hope to be able to share non-trivial
projects in it soon.
Here are some of my projects that i think are especially polished or interesting (though unlikely to be both)
I also enjoy programming under interesting constraints, especially as imposed by the language. Here are two such examples:
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[ "$1" = "$HOME" ] && echo $HOME && exit
fl="$HOME/.local/share/dir_lst"; [ ! -f "$fl" ] && touch "$fl"
[ "$2" = '!' ] && echo $1 && exit ||
ln=`grep -n "$1" "$fl" | head -n 1 | cut -d : -f 1` ;
if [ -n "$1" ]; then if [ -n "$ln" ]; then
echo -e "$ln m0\n1p\nw" | ed -s "$fl" || echo \?; else
l=$1; while [ ! -d "$l" ]; do echo \?; l=$(rlwrap -P$PWD -co cat -);
[ ${l:(-1)} != / ] && l+=/; done; l=`echo "$l" | sed "s|^[^/]|$PWD/&|"`;
echo -e "0i\n$l\n.\nw" | ed -s "$fl"; sed -i '43,$d' "$fl"
fi; else echo -e "2 m0\nw" | ed -s "$fl"; fi;
j() { NAME/OF/SCRIPT $*; cd `head -n 1
$HOME/.local/share/dir_lst`}
While i consider mathematics to be my primary – and perhaps only – medium of expression, it is nevertheless sometimes fun to dabble as a complete novice in other media. Here are some visual things:
Another such avenue is sound. In my distant past i had some musical instrument instruction (piano, then alto saxophone) but i never really grasped the notation or theory. Later on i taught myself penny whistle so that i could enjoy Irish folk music. Sometime before this i discovered that computers could make sounds.
Can you imagine what ‘compositions’ sound like, as generated by a young someone without formal musical training or understanding, under the impression that music is just a few good riffs repeated endlessly? Well, no need to imagine, i happily embarrass myself for your education. From 2010-2014 i have dredged up:
