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Alphabet Soup: Haskell’s Single-Letter Naming Quirks

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When you used punch cards or tape to write a computer program, brief variable names were the norm. Your compiler or assembler probably only allowed six letters, anyway. But times …read more Continue reading Alphabet Soup: Haskell’s Single-Letter Naming Quirks→

Corona Cancels Cons

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As you read this, the Open Hardware Summit is taking place, but differently than in previous years. This year, it’s taking place in cyberspace! To what do we owe this futuristic development? Unfortunately, COVID-19, the corona virus.

And OHS isn’t alone. Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest was cancelled outright. In …read more

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