Breaking down Haskell FFI (Foreign Function Interface) to a very simple, working example.
Simple demonstration of Haskell FFI
January 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · general
Tags:ffi·ghc·haskell·programming languages·simple
Learned enough Tcl to be dangerous
August 18th, 2005 · No Comments · general
We got new toys at work. Two BIG-IP load balancers from F5.
Seriously cool devices. Some highlights include:
It runs Linux kernel 2.4 in conjunction with some microkernel OS that F5 calls TMOS.
Customized, interactive monitors for server availability can be written in Perl.
Traffic flow can be modified using Tcl scripts. Basically anything can be inspected and modified, [...]
Tags:learning·programming languages
Time for a walk on the Seaside again
July 29th, 2005 · 1 Comment · general
With my studies under control (for a certain given value of “control”) I feel like taking a walk on the Seaside again.
So tonight I grabbed the newest Squeak version from the official site. I then followed the instructions on the Seaside site and soon had a running Seaside application again.
One annoying thing though, it [...]
Tags:learning·programming languages·seaside·smalltalk
Lambda Calculus and Haskell
May 21st, 2005 · 2 Comments · general
I’m teaching myself Haskell.
Its not easy going, I’ve been thinking in Object Oriented languages for too long! Getting used to the idea to actually abstract away state, is proving difficult.
I decided to take the plunge and first understand Lambda Calculus. Since this is the basis on which functional languages works, the idea is that from [...]
