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Michael Fogus

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I’m constantly on the lookout for fresh perspectives (and unknown old perspectives for that matter) within various computing topics that I find interesting. Sites like Delicious and Pinboard are great for finding information, but they are far from perfect. One downside is that they are largely driven by user tagging, but the clear problem is [...] read more »
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Published on May 14, 2012 14:40 • 5 views
Average rating: 4.33 · 96 ratings · 15 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Joy of Clojure
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The Fifty Year Sword
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Applicative High Order Programming by Steve Sokolowski
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Would have been very good ~7-8 years ago.
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“The apprentice avoids all use of Java classes. The journeyman embraces Java classes. The master knows which classes to embrace and which to avoid.”
Michael Fogus, The Joy of Clojure

“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
John Maynard Keynes

“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
Christopher Hitchens

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”
Hal Abelson, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

“Oh billions of dollars — is there no dispute you can’t settle?”
John Stewart

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message 2: by Michael

Michael Rob wrote: "How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?"

So far so good. Cat's Cradle is a riot so far.


message 1: by Rob

Rob How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?


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