I believe that people who complain about parens have not coded in Lisp (atleast not enough)! Once you get over the "parens", the homogeneity of the language shines through and you will appreciate why some people like me never get over Lisp.
it's kinda funny that whole noise about parenthesis. For a experienced Lisper parenthesis are so meaningless that can be ignored by reading good indented code, however... for a newbie, the amount of parenthesis can be a real nightmare. All that can just be properly solved by using a decent editor that support good parenthesis edition... like emacs. Truly funny. I've been on this community for more than 10 years and always the same thing.
Tcl offers a unique combination of embeddability and power, often underappreciated outside specific domains. While its general-purpose usage might be less prominent, its dominance in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is undeniable.
The more I tried to control and organize my life, the more stressed I became. Digitizing and organizing my knowledge base, in particular, wasted countless precious hours. Recently, I decided to let go of that rigid structure and instead focus on naturally prioritizing the most important tasks for the day, week, and month. So far, this approach has been working well, or at least it feels like it is.
I had the same experience with using a paper notebook. There are various systems and tips about how and what to write in a notebook to become more productive. But the best way for me was just to use it as a sheet of paper and write about what feels necessary at the moment with no structure whatever.
In the realm of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), TCL is ubiquitous. Virtually every EDA tool offers a TCL interface or API, making it the predominant language for tool configuration. I've always wondered why TCL hasn't gained traction in other domains. It possesses the elegance of Lisp while maintaining practicality.
I haven't had any in a long time. You used to be able to buy it from HasBean but they don't sell it any more but there seems to be quite a few places you can still get it. Indian coffee from the Bibi plantation:
So much of what you said resonated with me. I did try meditation, and it was very helpful. Many have the opinion that meditation is something mysterious and that it is hard to get what it means, but IMO, they should keep trying. Like any muscle, our brain needs training. Once you start seeing that you have control over your thoughts, I think you will "get it."
They lifted millions of us at least a class or more, financially.
Lower -> middle
Middle -> upper middle
Some even got rich.
In a caste discriminating society, they leveled the playing field.
Their business partners continue to do business with them. I remember an internal story, during the GFC, we worked on credit for a client who couldn’t pay their invoice($ millions). These companies are not angels, nor they only hire the best. But they’ve been the launchpad for millions of IT careers that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.
Getting a job in India is not a joke. And that's saying something.
Most poor people in India, are not the same poor you see in the USA. Many people who make it to WITCH companies are likely succeeding despite all odds, and
are starting their career at such companies, while they can get trained, and work on projects and later use the experience to do some thing good on the longer run. Several lucky also get overseas travel opportunities many even settle outside India.
Sure things are way less than perfect. And if you come from a rich family do not join a WITCH. You can either wait out for a better job, or may be go overseas for studies or just try to immigrate to some western lands.
Most people complaining about WITCH companies are typically from a background which is already better off. And they generally find such companies to be downgrade from their current social class. The remainder do just fine.
Writing for clarity is also something I first came in contact with when learning English as a foreign language.
It's interesting, there is also a cultural aspect to the language. Anglo-saxon cultures of schooling and work environments value clarity and generally consider language 'embellishment' as adding friction or just plain wrong.
I distinctly remember being in English classes (at a Language institute outside normal curriculum) and learning how to structure an essay or how to structure a letter and thinking to myself why on Earth am I learning about literature pieces in my mother tongue without first covering this basic soft skill?
Perhaps I am generallizing but most Romanic languages seem to have a cultural influence from the medieval Francophone 'cathedra' university, with a school of thought, which now to me, seems to overvalue 'sounding smart' and embellishing instead of getting your message across.
