Robert A. Uhl

How to write unmaintainable code

Recently found How to Write Unmaintainable Code; it’s an amusing compendium of how not to write code. I’ve a nasty feeling I’ve done some of it, too … 07 February 2018: updated URL Read more →

Caml

Caml appears to be an interesting programming language. Programs written therein are supposed to be strictly verified for a whole slew of potential bugs — and thus they are apparently much more reliable than those written in other languages. That’s the theory, anyway. Read more →

Caml

Caml appears to be an interesting programming language. Programs written therein are supposed to be strictly verified for a whole slew of potential bugs — and thus they are apparently much more reliable than those written in other languages. That’s the theory, anyway. Read more →

The Great Computer Language Shootout

I recently discovered the Great Computer Language Shootout, a very cool collection of benchmarks for various programming languages. My one quibble is that it normalises the results to a ten-point scale, when a twelve-point would obviously be superior. Other than that, quite slick. Read more →

The Great Computer Language Shootout

I recently discovered the Great Computer Language Shootout, a very cool collection of benchmarks for various programming languages. My one quibble is that it normalises the results to a ten-point scale, when a twelve-point would obviously be superior. Other than that, quite slick. Read more →

Robin — Remote Operating System Built in Netscape

Robin is a desktop-like interface coded in XUL which runs on Firefox. It is, quite frankly, incredible. Imagine where this could lead in half-a-dozen years … 06 February 2018: and it no longer works, now that XUL is unsupported🙁 Read more →

Robin — Remote Operating System Built in Netscape

Robin is a desktop-like interface coded in XUL which runs on Firefox. It is, quite frankly, incredible. Imagine where this could lead in half-a-dozen years … 06 February 2018: and it no longer works, now that XUL is unsupported🙁 Read more →

X Prize Won!

The Ansari X Prize has been won by the SpaceShip One team. Civilian space flight is coming, slowly but surely. I expect that it will be several decades before it really comes into its own, but this is wonderful news. I wonder how many centuries it’ll be before we figure out some form of faster-than-light travel. Read more →