perhaps similar in scope to the hdl used in 'the elements of computing systems' aka nand2tetris.org ?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dPj4XNby9iuAs-47U9k3xtYy9hJ...

honorary mention: https://www.funghisoft.com/mhrd

for a much more in-depth description of its predecessor, see https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/CDC/cdc.6...

i don't think there is a comparable book about the cray-1?

There are several versions of the Cray 1 Hardware Reference manual online. They're not as descriptive as Design of a Computer, but still informative.

thank you! that is very informative.

also of note: the "fifty years of interactive fiction" post series: https://if50.substack.com/archive?sort=top (much discussed on hn)

or in book form: https://if50.textories.com/

Cannot recommend this book enough. Absolutely fascinating read

see also: https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/

there is also "computer architecture: concepts and evolution" by blaauw and brooks which also uses apl throughout.

https://search.worldcat.org/title/Computer-architecture-:-co...

have been using linux ever since i got my first personal computer.

our customers all run linux in production too, so it's very easy and natural to develop and test the software in its usual environment (although i wish my laptop had eight times the ram to match).

my ide is linux: https://plan9.io/cm/cs/upe/

great to see thunderbird joining evolution in supporting ews among free software email clients.

evolution has been keeping me sane whenever i needed to use ews for years.

doesn't the same argument apply to ordinal dates? i see some people on hn also using longnow-style five-digit years, but i really can't see the point.

did the crossing of the rhine take place in 00406, 0406, or 406? what extra information do the two former styles convey?

also, what about the year 100000?

we are somehow doing just fine without leading zeroes for other quantities.

there is an argument to be made about e.g. iso8601 datetime formats that need to be lexicographically sortable; but i don't see any of the longnow fans using anything like those.

> Making a brochure. You need a photo of a happy family.

do you really?

> you don't quite know what the panels need to look like.

look at your competition, ask your users, think?

> Most people know they can't fly a plane

this isn't how llm products are marketed, and what the tfa is complaining about.

> do you really?

This is what's known as an "example".

> do you really?

That's supporting my view. You might want it, you might not. It's marginal, and now it's cheap.

> look at your competition

LLM does this for you

> this isn't how llm products are marketed

It certainly is. Something like ChatGPT is marketed as a low-risk chat partner, most certainly not pretending to give you medical or legal advice. Talk to it like your buddy, you get buddy responses. Your buddy who has read a few law books but doesn't pretend to be a lawyer.

> as long as you remember what you've built

yes! like any craft, this works only if you keep practising it.

various implementations of k, written in this style (with iterative improvements), have been in constant development for decades getting very good use out of these macros.