Most of the popular languages today (Perl/Python/Php/Ruby, C++, Java) are all locked into the serial, von-Neumann model of computation. Concurrency is expressed as Threads and Processes, which rely on the underlying OS’s handling of memory and other resources. Joe Armstrong…
I was doing my traditional web searching about languages, this time beginning with parallel lisp. I was wondering, if LISP, being one of the oldest and original languages, had explored the concurrency model, and what concepts it had to offer….
I was reading Marc Andreessen’s blog entry about The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet. and all his talk about sharing code and running that code on other systems and community and all that really got me…
Lets review a few really awesome experiments with user-interfaces, and then I’ll introduce my own. First, we have the Optimus Keyboard. Each key on this board has it’s own display. That means you can use the board for all sorts…
From, My Biased Coin we have an argument for a Tuition Free Harvard. While, this is a really great idea, I don’t think it goes far enough. I actually think that the goal of providing a reputable education at zero…
Ok, It’s been more than a week since I last wrote down any of my thoughts. I recently went on travel for work, and gave a presentation of the software that I’ve been working on. I was received well, and…
A long while back, I remember reading about Stallman proposing a change to copyright time. I thought that the setting of a particular figure, and then refining it was an absurd solution. In my opinion a much better solution is…
Ok, well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Some interesting stuff has been happening in my life though. The software project I’m working on has surpassed 10,000 lines. While this in itself is neither an unusual nor…
It was about 12am, and I was driving home listening to A Farewell to Kings, after having talked to a drunk all day about conspiracy theories and loss of the American Dream. I was thinking about Language and yesterday’s failure…
I was reading Hofstadter’s latest book, I am a Strange Loop, and encountered some rather provocative statements. Hofstadter is one of the only authors that I’ve read that is not afraid of explaining in great detail why materialism is both…