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riffraff 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The V Programming Language

to be fair, Slava Pestov appears to be one of those legendary 100x programmers, or perhaps a pseudonym for a group like Nicolas Bourbaki, or some form of non-human being.

johnisgood 11 months ago [–]

I agree. I remember his talk on Factor. I wish people gave enough support back then so he could work on it full-time.

Here is his talk on Factor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0QlhYlS8g, back from 2008.

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