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<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@OldTroll" class="u-url mention">@<span>OldTroll</span></a></span> I teach it in its original form using Scheme. I can't speak to the overall demand for this, but that's what I'm teaching and I don't intend to change it.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> are you teaching SICP in js or lisp? Just curious if demand is for one or the other these days.</p>
<p>On the whole, I'd say I had a pretty busy year of teaching in 2024:</p><p>- Attempted to implement Raft 8 times.<br />- Wrote 5 compilers<br />- Wrote 2 interpreters in Rust.<br />- Taught SICP twice.<br />- Exploded heads 4 times in my advanced programming course.</p><p>Plus, taught the Programming Languages course with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> at Brown this fall. </p><p>Hmmm. Maybe there's a reason why I haven't been blogging...</p>
<p>happy 2025. may your components exceed their rated specifications, and their errata be minimal</p>
<p>I'm not the first to say this, but there'll be tough times ahead of us this year. We *will* get through it, and whatever your stance on new year's resolutions are, there's one we could all use.</p><p>Resolve not to be safe from your enemies, but to be dangerous to them. </p><p>Remind them that this cat has claws, this dog has teeth, and that we aren't afraid to bite the hand that feeds us if it's the same hand that strikes us.</p><p>Y'all take care of each other out there and let's make 2025 a happy new year!</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> it must be compressed to work, yea</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> It doesn't seem like there's going to be much room to move around once it is installed in the enclosure anyway.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> they're less "adhesive" as in covered with glue and more just sticky</p><p>think silly putty, not duct tape</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@darkling" class="u-url mention">@<span>darkling</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> this is in fact the intended use</p>