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Decoded: GNU coreutils. Lot of useful references and very detailed explanations. #unix
My overall feeling is that if I could spend infinite time and effort, my C programs would be as fast or faster than Rust, because theoretically there’s nothing that C can’t do that Rust can. But in practice C has fewer abstractions, primitive standard library, dreadful dependency situation, and I just don’t have the time to reinvent the wheel, optimally, every time. — Speed of Rust vs. C
Meanwhile, I’ve been playing with OpenBSD a bit more, and guess what: Kitty terminal emulator is available there too. I’m impressed by the number of packages that are readily available: Kitty, Neomutt and Neovim work right out of the box. I wish Linux (Ubuntu) was using /usr/local as the default user directory for local programs, this would simplify config files a lot! #unix
What a week (or two, in fact)! Just starting to feel better right now, after three days at the hospital. I should be ready for the next 8 years, hopefully.
New Post: An Ode to Stable Interfaces, and Praise To Base R and R Core
— Dirk Eddelbuettel (@eddelbuettel) March 20, 2021
In which I run code I posted fourteen years ago: it works unaltered. That should be cherished, celebrated--and encouraged. We need more examples like this.https://t.co/9khR7TwRk0#rstats #reproducibility pic.twitter.com/BKS0GXjRGs
I moved out last week, and moved in right away. I just finished unpacking all the boxes. What a journey! I’m exhausted, and I probably need a few weeks to recover. In the meantime, here is the new home office:
