Archive: January 24, 2005

Monday, January 24, 2005

1. Carl Sassenrath: Was XML Flawed from the Start?. "XML is perhaps the most inefficient representation for data that you could possibly invent!"

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2. Thinking Forth. I've been wanting to read a book on Forth for years. Looks like this is it. That link is the homepage for the book, and it has the entire text available online (even the LaTeX sources!). Not that I won't buy the book if it's good. Via Chris.

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3. Orson Scott Card reviews Firefly:

   It only lasted one year on FOX, but Firefly was, in my opinion, the best space-opera sci-fi series ever on television...

   ... the writing is witty, just a little tongue-in-cheek, and keenly aware of what good science fiction is supposed to be.
   
   Though I could make a good case for Firefly being the best western on television since Maverick.

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4. Richard Jones' Garbage Collection Page, via the Perl 6 weekly summary. Richard Jones is author of Garbage Collection.

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