Tom Ritchford·Apr 2, 2025All the examples are presented in Python, a language that does not offer tail recursion…TCO is a curiosity in most practical software development, because it's so easy to break by mistake in maintenance, and because it can…
Tom Ritchford·Apr 2, 2025But it should be:The yield from keyword indicates that the function is a generator, and that’s better for type-checking and automatic tools.
Tom Ritchford·Mar 13, 2025These communists - are they in the room with you right now?The idea that the center right Democrats are communists is delusional and laughable.A response icon1A response icon1
Tom Ritchford·Mar 1, 2025Good advice, but it doesn't go far enough.defaultdict is almost always a mistake, because it's a potential trap.
Tom Ritchford·Feb 13, 2025I did explain it!By the time the last few books came out, I simply wanted to see the ending, and I barely remembered much of the last book at all.
Tom Ritchford·Feb 2, 2025Well, not really.The one good thing is that we lucked into an affordable and comfortable old house here in France, so I spent the last of my cash on that…A response icon1A response icon1
Tom Ritchford·Feb 1, 2025Man, I am so fscking sorry to read this.I went through a long period of job instability starting around 2009, well over 10 years, can you believe it? Now I have something that's…A response icon1A response icon1
Tom Ritchford·Dec 28, 2024Lots of abuse in your post, but very little actual reasoning.This has already happened once in your lifetime: Reagan completely changed America, and not for the better.A response icon1A response icon1
Tom Ritchford·Dec 28, 2024Hear, hear!We moved to Europe on December 1, 2016, yes, for the reasons you imagine, and things just got much better, even though it's been a struggle…A response icon1A response icon1
