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transfixed but not dead!
Personal blog · transfixedbutnotdead.com · on HN as draegtunprogrammingcareer
transfixed but not dead! is a personal blog at transfixedbutnotdead.com about programming and career. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Anyone for Perl 6 metaprogramming?”. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post on using Moose singleton metaclass tricks in Perl, which one commenter compared with rebless-into-subclass techniques in Perl and Common Lisp when discussing Java.
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.
my ramblings on life, work & anything left in-between
Most-linked posts?
- Anyone for Perl 6 metaprogramming?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-02-25
What Hacker News says?
You're very welcome. This link may also be of interest: http://transfixedbutnotdead.com/2010/01/14/anyone-for-perl-6... From the links in the post you can find Perl5, Ruby, Javascript and Python comparative examples. Been playing a bit with Io ( http://www.iolanguage.com/ ) recently so was planning to add a comparative post for that as well. Update: I just copied over my Io example i had brewing into a gist ( http:/…
Comment linking /2010/01/14/anyone-for-perl-6-metaprogramming/
on “Why Perl 6 is different”Submitted Given/when - The Perl switch statement as a story · 37 points
HN discussionDunno about Ruby, but in Perl and Common Lisp you just rebless the instance into a subclass that you do control. http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_chg_... http://transfixedbutnotdead.com/2009/07/07/moose-singleton-m...
Comment linking /2009/07/07/moose-singleton-method-now-without-roles/
on “Why I love everything you hate about Java”Submitted Contributing to a project on Github as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSince January I've been using an Apple iMac 27inch, 2.8GHz quad-core Intel core i7, 8GB ram, 1TB hard disk, Apple GB keyboard (not wireless) & Magic mouse running on Snow Leopard (Mac OSX 10.6). Before January it was an original Intel iMac 24inch running Tiger (Mac OSX 10.4) which I'd been using for over 3 years: http://transfixedbutnotdead.com/2006/12/14/my-workspace-with...
Comment linking /2006/12/14/my-workspace-with-my-shiny-new-apple-imac/
on “Ask HN: What's your computer setup?”Submitted Anyone for Perl 6 metaprogramming? as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Receiving contributions to your Github project as a story · 2 points
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