Writings on various topics (mostly technical) from Oliver Hookins and Angela Collins. We currently reside in Sydney after almost a decade in Berlin, have three kids, and have far too little time to really justify having a blog.
Yet another installment in my journey through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. At this stage it is so far off seven weeks, it's definitely going to be more than seven months, and I'm just hoping it won't take seven years! But it is enjoyable nonetheless - if a little painful.
This time, I've just completed the chapter on Prolog. The previous chapter, which I found reasonably painful as well (but for different reasons) was Io. In the meantime, I've been doing a lot more work in another prototype-based language - JavaScript - and grown accustomed to the paradigm somewhat. For all its flaws (perceived or otherwise), I find JavaScript much easier to work with than Io, although I have to admit the learning experience with Io was…