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Pascal Costanza

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Pascal Costanza writes p-cos blog, a personal blog at p-cos.blogspot.com about programming. Since 2007, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “A Lisper's first impression of Julia”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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10HN people?
2007–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2014

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Why HN links it

HN readers link Pascal Costanza's blog for a Lisper's first impressions of Julia, including how Julia's numerical speed relates to the Common Lisp Object System. Only one comment cites it.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Pascal Costanza's Highly Opinionated Blog.

Most-linked posts?

  1. A Lisper's first impression of Julia
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-07-20
  2. Filtered functions
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-12-05
  3. Example of Lisp Macros
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-02-28
  4. The Human Consequences of Dynamic Typing
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. lispm · 2019-05-21
    Julia is influenced by the Common Lisp Object System. But it made it fast for numerical computing. So there is a Julia lesson for CLOS... http://p-cos.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-lispers-first-impression...

    Comment linking /2014/07/a-lispers-first-impression-of-julia.html

    on “Free Wolfram Engine for Developers”
  2. ananthrk · 2014-07-20

    Submitted A Lisper's first impression of Julia as a story · 250 points

    HN discussion
  3. lispm · 2014-09-07

    Submitted Why I like Common Lisp as a story · 171 points

    HN discussion
  4. mattculbreth · 2007-02-28

    Submitted Example of Lisp Macros as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  5. stefano · 2009-12-05

    Submitted Filtered functions as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  6. wglb · 2010-12-30

    Submitted A non-hierarchical approach to object-oriented programming as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. momo-reina · 2013-09-17

    Submitted The Human Consequences of Dynamic Typing as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. tosh · 2017-08-29

    Submitted A Lisper's first impression of Julia as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. fogus · 2010-04-13

    Submitted 3rd European Lisp Symposium as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. choffee · 2024-04-04

    Submitted The Point of Macros in Scheme as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. luu · 2014-07-20

    Submitted The Human Consequences of Dynamic Typing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. wglb · 2009-12-17

    Submitted P-cos blog: Filtered functions as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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