String Formatting in Grace
There are many places where programs written using grace seem to be syntactically closer to languages like Python than to C. String formatting used to be not one of these places. Historically,...
View ArticleInline Tree Declarations in Grace
The Grace value class is a pretty useful container for tree-data. It walks and quacks like an associative array that, combined with the foreach macro makes it easy to inspect and manipulate tree...
View ArticleAbout that compact web server
It’s funny to notice how, subconsciously, the way things work in Grace turn out to look eerily similar to how they work in Python. I was reminded of that fact again when I read this article,...
View ArticleProgramming and Exploration
Although it was never a conscious design goal, during its evolution a wholesome part of Grace proved to actively make C++ look more like Python. I wasn’t even really aware of Python until about two...
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Strings in Grace
The lack of a ‘native’ string type is one of the major gripes people have had with C and C++. I’ve basically grown up on C and I’ve walked that line. At the same time, when I looked at the string...
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Garbage Collection is Overrated
Next to string and array handling, memory management has always been one of those reasons users of other languages pointed at C++ programmers and laughed. The problem stems from dealing with temporary...
View ArticleUsing Protocols in C++
A major source of anger and frustration in C++ style OO is multiple inheritance. It’s a source of anger and frustration and one most people recognize as a path best avoided. The Objective-C idea of a...
View ArticleOn Snobism
Recently I decided to bring some life to the Grace homepage. I always expected it to spawn some controversy so I’ve not been surprised by seeing a vocal group of people dismissing its ideas out of...
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