Comments on: Trilemabot and Feedbot V patches, the winter 2020 session http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:53:03 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Kuromasu « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-2422 Kuromasu « The Tar Pit Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:39:28 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-2422 [...] it, and among all the programming systems that I've humbly tried, I still find it the most powerful for solving problems of arbitrary [...] [...] it, and among all the programming systems that I've humbly tried, I still find it the most powerful for solving problems of arbitrary [...]

]]> By: EWD 1036, annotated « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-2291 EWD 1036, annotated « The Tar Pit Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:07:39 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-2291 [...] engineering lies with the poor language itself, with the unexamined practice of writing code before clearly specifying what it's supposed to do. I am not blaming engineers in particular for this either, as [...] [...] engineering lies with the poor language itself, with the unexamined practice of writing code before clearly specifying what it's supposed to do. I am not blaming engineers in particular for this either, as [...]

]]> By: Re: Ivanovna et al., 2020 (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58906) « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-488 Re: Ivanovna et al., 2020 (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58906) « The Tar Pit Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:27:09 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-488 [...] linguistic comprehension is needed to internalize the specification of some problem in a clear language -- which is why, yes, specification is the bottleneck! -- but other than that, the same [...] [...] linguistic comprehension is needed to internalize the specification of some problem in a clear language -- which is why, yes, specification is the bottleneck! -- but other than that, the same [...]

]]> By: Some thoughts on Feedbot, and a few more on IRC bots in general « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-318 Some thoughts on Feedbot, and a few more on IRC bots in general « The Tar Pit Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:00:15 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-318 [...] Feedbot and you're wondering what's new, I'd like to let you know that not much has changed since the winter update. Or rather, not much was expected to change, until very recently, when some Freenode [...] [...] Feedbot and you're wondering what's new, I'd like to let you know that not much has changed since the winter update. Or rather, not much was expected to change, until very recently, when some Freenode [...]

]]> By: Work plan for M3 2020 « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-265 Work plan for M3 2020 « The Tar Pit Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:48:33 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-265 [...] when I fixed this? Well, it seems my fix works except when it doesn't, which reveals a deeper problem with the [...] [...] when I fixed this? Well, it seems my fix works except when it doesn't, which reveals a deeper problem with the [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-235 spyked Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:39:09 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-235 Cheers! Great to hear the tree presses with esthlos-v. > I will likely mirror this patchset on my site Cool, let me know when you have a mirror up, so I'll link it back somewhere. Cheers! Great to hear the tree presses with esthlos-v.

> I will likely mirror this patchset on my site

Cool, let me know when you have a mirror up, so I'll link it back somewhere.

]]> By: shinohai http://thetarpit.org/2020/botworks-ix#comment-234 shinohai Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:36:22 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=352#comment-234 Great read, and thanks again for taking time to provide me with the links and assistance in irc. I was able to press using esthlos-v and so far have had no hiccups. I also agree with your sentiment that Common Lisp is " one of the most pleasant languages to not only write, but also maintain code in". Once I have done more testing in my channel, I will likely mirror this patchset on my site sans the python command routing junk, which I certainly will never have a need for. Great read, and thanks again for taking time to provide me with the links and assistance in irc.
I was able to press using esthlos-v and so far have had no hiccups. I also agree with your sentiment that Common Lisp is " one of the most pleasant languages to not only write, but also maintain code in". Once I have done more testing in my channel, I will likely mirror this patchset on my site sans the python command routing junk, which I certainly will never have a need for.

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