Comment Re: Linux or Mac (Score 1) 86

by serendipitousus on Thursday August 10, 2023 @06:40PM (#63757598) Attached to: What's your favorite machine to play games on?

Aren't they literally not Pentium compatible?

Comment Re:WOW, that's a lot of CRAP! (Score 1) 92

by serendipitousus on Monday February 06, 2023 @09:37PM (#63271105) Attached to: Bloatware Pushes the Galaxy S23 Android OS To an Incredible 60GB

Gimme. I'll buy 3

Comment Re:Summary misses the the main point (Score 1) 67

by serendipitousus on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:09AM (#62883911) Attached to: Crypto's Long-Awaited 'Merge' Reaches the Finish Line

Could you explain the change in slightly less short, but not gory, detail? Assume I've heard both of those phrases but understand neither.

Comment Re:Hateful for you, maybe? (Score 1) 121

by serendipitousus on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:45PM (#62691472) Attached to: Meet Bun, a Speedy New JavaScript Runtime

I'm not super well-versed in either ecosystem. How does typescript relate to smalltalk? Did smalltalk (or some smalltalks) have a kind of gradual- or occurrence-typing system? Or what was the comparison you had in mind?

Comment But my extensions! (Score 1) 303

by serendipitousus on Monday May 15, 2017 @07:13PM (#54423085) Attached to: Should You Leave Google Chrome For the Opera Browser?

That sounds great, but I'm so locked into my suite of Chrome extensions. It's not just the browser, it's the whole app ecosystem that's built into it. If that transfers too, then I'm on board. But I suspect that my boatload of Chrome extensions is part of the problem.

Comment Absolutely I still do. It's essential. (Score 1) 215

by serendipitousus on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:50PM (#53718633) Attached to: Do Android Users Still Use Custom Roms?

Absolutely. An unlockable bootloader is one of my must-have features on any handset I purchase. I wouldn't buy any device without custom ROM support. I love being able to run a de-bloated version of the software I want on the hardware I want. The Nexus/Google devices would be great for me, except that they don't have a replaceable battery like the LG phones do.

Submission + - Kawa 2.0 supports Scheme R7RS

Submitted by Per Bothner on Saturday December 13, 2014 @04:42PM

Per Bothner writes: Kawa is a general-purpose Scheme-based programming language that runs on the Java platform. It combines the strengths of dynamic scripting languages (less boiler-plate, fast and easy start-up, a REPL, no required compilation step) with the strengths of traditional compiled languages (fast execution, static error detection, modularity, zero-overhead Java platform integration).

Version 2.0 was just released with many new features. Most notably is (almost) complete support for the latest Scheme specification, R7RS, which was ratified in late 2013. This LWN article contains a brief introduction to Kawa and why it is worth a look.