The Potential Merits of an Itemized OS

Disassembling Hello World in Java

Why I Still ‘Lisp’ (and You Should Too)

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Domi-arigato, Mr Roboto? I'll probably get the website fully functioning again over the weekend (with uploading of new issues + comment section). Also I'm looking for someone who might be interested in helping grow the newsletter from a marketing/growth perspective (attracting more subscribers + finding sponsors). There's a ton I'd like to do, but I'd rather focus on the content of the newsletter itself. If you're interested, or know someone who is, reply to this email or reach out to me at [email protected]. Last issue of the week, hope y'all have a lovely weekend! Here it is. ==================================================================== The Potential Merits of an Itemized OS Published: 6 June 2021 Tags: os What would an operating system of the future look like? How has the way we used computers changed since operating systems were first introduced? In this extensive article, Alexander Obenauer discusses on a higher-level the implementation and theoretical use of a modern operating system that doesn't separate applications into their own separate environments, but instead allows for them to share and mingle with another at the user's discretion. Read Full Article ==================================================================== Disassembling Hello World in Java Published: 30 September 2021 Tags: java You might think yourself above a simple "Hello world" example written in Java, but do you really understand every single part of the program? In this concise article, Metin Özyıldırım picks apart the titular program, explaining the .class file format, diassembling, interpreting the bytecode, and the Java native interface and system calls. Read Full Article ==================================================================== Why I Still ‘Lisp’ (and You Should Too) Published: 30 January 2021 Tags: lisp Yep, another article about Lisp. What can I say, it's a fascinating family of languages that I think most people who write code should at least take a shot at learning. Anurag Mendhekar's lengthy article presents some of the advantageous of using/learning a Lisp language; specifically that it's lambda calculus based, call-by-value oriented, mostly functional, dynmically typed, and s-expression based. Read Full Article Want to discuss the issue?  If you want to discuss or comment on this issue, head on over to this page at A Byte of Coding. Thanks for your Support!  Thanks to sponsors and supporters like Євген Грицай, Scott Munro, zturak, pek, Emil Hannesbo, and Joe Hill this newsletter is provided to you for free. If you'd like to also show your support and buy me a monthly meal, you can donate on the Patreon page. It's not necessary, but it lets me know that I'm doing a good job and that you're finding value in the content. Donate Here

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