Category: Technology

I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.

quine-relay – an uroboros program with 80+ programming languages

quine-relay – an uroboros program with 80+ programming languages.

quine relay

If you didn’t get it, here’s a better description:

This is a Ruby program that generates Scala program that generates Scheme program that generates …(through 80 languages in total)… REXX program that generates the original Ruby code again.

Insanity at its best!

P.S.: Quine (computing) Wikipedia page comes handy:

A quine is a non-empty computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. The standard terms for these programs in the computability theory and computer science literature are “self-replicating programs”, “self-reproducing programs”, and “self-copying programs”.

mermaid – markdown-like generation of flowcharts and diagrams

mermaid – markdown-like generation of flowcharts and diagrams.  This is like a web-oriented, d3-based implementation of the dot tool from the GraphViz package.

 

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Google Play : Best Android Apps of 2014

And so it starts … With December 1st hitting the calendar, everyone suddenly remembers that the year is almost over.  The endless lists of best, worst, and mediocre are starting to arrive.  Google Play features the list of Best Apps of 2014 for Android platform.  There’s not a single word on how these were selected, but the word “promotion” in the URL might give you a hint or two.

android apps