Comments for A Neighbourhood of Infinity http://sigfpe.wordpress.com A set containing an open set containing infinity Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on It’s over between us… by Mikael Johansson http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-407 Mikael Johansson Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:22:41 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-407 I'd offer you webspace at my homerolled server; though I can in no way guarantee the kind of uptime you'll get from blogger or wordpress. I’d offer you webspace at my homerolled server; though I can in no way guarantee the kind of uptime you’ll get from blogger or wordpress.

]]> Comment on It’s over between us… by sigfpe http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-406 sigfpe Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:30:24 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-406 I'd love to run my own server again, I used to years ago. But I think people underestimate how much work is involved. Even those people who are currently maintaining their own servers don't realise how much time they are spending on them. For example, you can wake up one day and find emails saying that people can't connect to it. That can take days to figure out including emails to your internet provider or trying to decode the cryptic format used by your firewall. And when you do solve the problem, the knowledge you have gained from it is often non-reusable, if you see what I mean. So I'd rather spend the time doing interesting stuff (even if a little is wasted on HTML formatting). I’d love to run my own server again, I used to years ago. But I think people underestimate how much work is involved. Even those people who are currently maintaining their own servers don’t realise how much time they are spending on them. For example, you can wake up one day and find emails saying that people can’t connect to it. That can take days to figure out including emails to your internet provider or trying to decode the cryptic format used by your firewall. And when you do solve the problem, the knowledge you have gained from it is often non-reusable, if you see what I mean. So I’d rather spend the time doing interesting stuff (even if a little is wasted on HTML formatting).

]]> Comment on It’s over between us… by David House http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-405 David House Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:11:09 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/its-over-between-us/#comment-405 Why not start your own blog on your own server, use WordPress, use one of the many LaTeX plugins and a sensible code-snippet plugin? Hosting isn't expensive these days. Why not start your own blog on your own server, use WordPress, use one of the many LaTeX plugins and a sensible code-snippet plugin? Hosting isn’t expensive these days.

]]> Comment on Monads, Vector Spaces and Quantum Mechanics pt. II by sigfpe http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-404 sigfpe Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:00:13 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-404 The code at the <a href="http://sigfpe.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">old location</a> actually works. That took all of 3 seconds to get working whereas I could never get the code posted here to work. The code at the old location actually works. That took all of 3 seconds to get working whereas I could never get the code posted here to work.

]]> Comment on Monads, Vector Spaces and Quantum Mechanics pt. II by David House http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-403 David House Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:09:20 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-403 Oh, and those notes about LaTeX and so on might be more useful at the top of the post! :) Oh, and those notes about LaTeX and so on might be more useful at the top of the post! :)

]]> Comment on Monads, Vector Spaces and Quantum Mechanics pt. II by David House http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-402 David House Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:04:09 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/monads-vector-spaces-and-quantum-mechanics-pt-ii/#comment-402 More annoying than the missing backslashes are a few missing newlines. E.g. where you define (->-), the type signature appears on the same line as the previous function. Same with (=> More annoying than the missing backslashes are a few missing newlines. E.g. where you define (->-), the type signature appears on the same line as the previous function. Same with (=>

]]> Comment on Monads in C, pt. II by sigfpe http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/monads-in-c-pt-ii/#comment-401 sigfpe Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:27:35 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/monads-in-c-pt-ii/#comment-401 Monads work in eager or lazy languages, it makes little difference. In a sense monads are just mathematical constructions defined by some equations, so what matters is what things evaluate to, not the order they're evaluated in.<br/><br/>Having said that...in Haskell there is a nice way to use monads to make it convenient to write strict code even though the language is lazy. Monads work in eager or lazy languages, it makes little difference. In a sense monads are just mathematical constructions defined by some equations, so what matters is what things evaluate to, not the order they’re evaluated in.

Having said that…in Haskell there is a nice way to use monads to make it convenient to write strict code even though the language is lazy.

]]> Comment on Monads in C, pt. II by Anonymous http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/monads-in-c-pt-ii/#comment-400 Anonymous Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:17:23 +0000 http://sigfpe.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/monads-in-c-pt-ii/#comment-400 Well, all these C functions are eager. Isn't it the main point that Haskell functions are lazy? Or it doesn't really matter? Well, all these C functions are eager. Isn’t it the main point that Haskell functions are lazy? Or it doesn’t really matter?

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