In Go language, select is a keyword used to listen to and perform IO operations related to channels.With the select statement, we can simultaneously listen to multiple channels and perform corresponding operations when any of the channels are ready.This article will summarize the common uses of the select statement and provide some considerations when using it.Basic syntaxThe basic syntax of the select statement is as follows:select {case <-channel1: // when channel1 has data to processcase data := <-channel2: // when channel2 has data to processdefault: // if no channel has dat...

The benefits of getting to grips with Vim are immense in terms of editing speed and maintaining your “flow” when you’re on a roll, whether writing code, poetry, or prose, but because the learning curve is so steep for a text editor, it’s very easy to retain habits from your time learning the editor that stick with you well into mastery. Because Vim makes you so fast and fluent, it’s especially hard to root these out because you might not even notice them, but it’s worth it. Here I’ll list some of the more common ones.Moving one line at a timeIf ...

I first planned to release this text as an appendix entry for Learn You Some Erlang, but considering this feels more like editorial content and not exactly something for a reference text, I decided it would fit better as a blog post.Many newcomers to Erlang manage to understand the syntax and program around it without ever getting used to it. I've read and heard many complaints regarding the syntax and the 'ant turd tokens' (a subjectively funny way to refer to ,, ; and .), how annoying it is, etc.As mentioned at some point in the book, Erlang draws its syntax from Prolog. While this gives a r...

An unashamed apologist’s perspective on the loveliest language i’ve worked with.I’ve worked with a lot of programming languages in my time. Not a huge number, mind you, but enough that i can say that i’m open minded and seasoned about it. And, as they say: ‘Don’t feed the trolls’ – well, i’m about to do exactly that: feed the trolls at work who love to rag on about how awful obj-c is! So here i go, foolishly treading where no sensible man dares go: justifying why i love obj-c.Ugly?But it’s so ugly! Brackets!This one is a fair...