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Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
At one point or another, every Python developer or hobbyist encounters the word CPython. For example, the dis module states that it exposes an "implementation detail of the CPython interpreter". What does that mean? Some ask themselves how CPython differs from Python, and then they move on with their lives …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
The modern day ternary operator is well-known to most Pythonistas:
<expr_if_true> if <condition> else <expr_if_false>
It's officially known as a conditional expression and was introduced back in Python 2.5 with PEP 308. Some like it, some don't, and while discussing it with a colleague of mine he mentioned that …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Blog
I don't write this blog in hopes that it will get a lot of traction. I don't market it, I don't try to optimize it for SEO and I I don't even tell my friends and coworkers about it. Although I would of course be delighted to hear someone who …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Blog
A while ago, I decided that I wanted to have a low-effort way of recording what I learn out in the open. When I publish a blog post I feel compelled to keep the standard of the writing on a fairly high level. I've started dozens of articles that I …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Reviews
I've been learning Rust on and off for the past few months, and The Rust Programming Language has been my primary learning resource during this time. It's a great introduction to the language, and is even freely available online.
Here, I'm reviewing the 2018 print version. Although a little bit …