January 2019 – Clinton's Space

Review of “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover

Posted on January 31, 2019October 5, 2019 by Clinton Bush

“Educated: A Memoir” is the first autobiography I have read. I had high hopes for this book because it was my maiden voyage into a new genre, and I was not disappointed. In short, Ms. Westover (now Dr. Westover) was raised in a fundamentalist Mormon household, denied a basic K-12 education, subjected to an abusive brother, denied the benefits of modern medicine,…

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Go for Fun! (Part 2)

Posted on January 19, 2019October 5, 2019 by Clinton Bush

So glad you decided to keep reading! In the last article, I outlined some of the shortcomings in C and Java (missing native asynchronous support, lack of structs and bitfields in Java, lack of type-method associations in C). I also discussed some of the features I wish C, Java, and other languages didn’t have (forward function declarations, pure object-orientation,…

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Go for Fun! (Part 1)

Posted on January 18, 2019January 19, 2019 by Clinton Bush

Google has earned more than its fair share of public hate lately (granted, your stance may vary). But, I’ve recently found a new love for the company, especially three of its incredible employees: Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. If the title didn’t give it away, no doubt the massive name drop did; I’m talking about Golang.…

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