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5 forgotten programming languages that were never meant to be practical

These 5 programming languages were built to be deliberately impossible.
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Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

Kathleen Rooney discusses her book, 'Man Overboard!,' a survival story with dark humor

NPR's Scott Simon asks Kathleen Rooney about her book, "Man Overboard!," and about finding the energy to overcome doubt.