Neal Gafter

Interested in programming language evolution (C++, C#, Java, Kotlin), and Bitcoin.

[Neal Gafter @gafter]

@BTCFoundation promises to recognize lifetime members on its home page https://t.co/KsrD1JGnzX. And yet none are recognized there. Just another crypto scam. #BTC

[Neal Gafter @gafter]

@headinthebox I look forward to seeing you at the JVM Language Summit!

[Neal Gafter @gafter]

@JagerVanKaas @openargs Thomas literally said “he’s stealing everything”, and admitted that in his response.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

1. See failure as a beginning.
2. Never stop learning.
3. Assume nothing, question everything.
4. Teach others what you know.
5. Analyze objectively.
6. Practice humility.
7. Respect constructive criticism.
8. Take initiative.
9. Give credit where it's due.
10. Love what you do.

[Erik Meijer @headinthebox]

https://t.co/83L9sSSWhO

" ... Meta’s Probability team was the “equivalent of an elite army tactical squad.” ... ."

Always happy to leverage the opportunity for a nested quote, especially if they are true at both levels.

[Erik Meijer @headinthebox]

1/ https://t.co/VhrtvR8ZD9

"Meta’s Probability Team, ..., was dissolved entirely. Reportedly, it was a world-class team of experts, but seemingly it lacked a sufficiently visible impact"

[Rafael Oliveira @theolivenbaum]

Wow seeing @ericlippert's team being fired from #meta for saving them too much money puts a whole new perspective on how their only goal is to burn as much value as possible on the quest to the metaverse https://t.co/a2onj4NFha

[Eric Lippert @ericlippert]

Today on FAIC: A quick recap of the Bean Machine probabilistic programming language. Next week we'll start looking at the compiler. https://t.co/qu149ZkMkY

[Cezary Walenciuk @WalenciukC]

Pattern matching in C# is growing 😲

In C# 11 you can use List Patterns like this

#dotnet #dotnetcore

[Herman Suijs @hsuijs]

Interesting talk from the #Devoxx 2022 https://t.co/28ZLX0j9N9 Inspired by the hack and click days from @joshbloch and @gafter . Nice job @JosePaumard and @mauricenaftalin

[Volo Galandzij, Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 @volo_droid]

@JakeWharton @call_me_anselmo @Square @crazybob together with the comment. And now 2K results for the "Neal isn't either" search is yet another tribute to the great work (no irony here) @gafter had done for Java 1.5.0 (even if it's not the one he anticipated 🙈). 2/x

[Neal Gafter @gafter]

We’ve just open-sourced an AD framework for Kotlin! (https://t.co/JERUT3Zubp). It supports higher-order derivatives, derivatives of user-defined types, and compile-time shape checking. Examples include machine learning and physical simulations.

[Paul Cogan @PaulCogan]

QAnon star Cirsten Weldon, who said only idiots get vaccinated,... and called for Dr. Fauci to be executed,... has died of Covid.

[Jared Parsons @jaredpar]

Compiler design is definitely not for everyone but there is certainly a significant subset of programmers that truly love doing it and will spend their entire careers in that space.

[Moms for Liberty @Moms4Liberty]

Attention Parents! 🚨

A teacher in Palm Beach County, FL shared this template with us. It is being shared among teachers to use for grades K-3.

How do you feel about this? What will you do when this arrives home in your child’s backpack?

Time to take a Stand.

[Neal Gafter @gafter]

@davidfowl @sam_ferree @MadsTorgersen @jaredpar The syntax for a tuple of length 1 requires an element name: (Item1: 3)

[David Fowler @davidfowl]

Just learned about this from @MadsTorgersen. Pattern matching in C# allows matching on things that implement ITuple. It even works when the compiler can't statically determine if the type implements ITuple 🤯🤯🤯🤯. Thanks @gafter! #dotnet #csharp

[Sharat Chander @sharatchander.bsky.social @Sharat_Chander]

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[Lindsey @lindsey]

programmer: so there's some threads
software verification researcher: cool, with you so far
programmer: and they communicate with each other
software verification researcher: oh no
programmer: through some kind of shared state
software verification researcher: oh god oh fuck