Rich Hickey • 3 years ago
Sorry, I have to disagree with the entire premise here.
A wide variety of experiences might lead to well-roundedness, but not to greatness, nor even goodness. By constantly switching from one thing to another you are always reaching above your comfort zone, yes, but doing so by resetting your skill and knowledge level to zero.
Mastery comes from a combination of at least several of the following:
| // | |
| // Example of communication with a subprocess via stdin/stdout | |
| // Author: Konstantin Tretyakov | |
| // License: MIT | |
| // | |
| #include <ext/stdio_filebuf.h> // NB: Specific to libstdc++ | |
| #include <sys/wait.h> | |
| #include <unistd.h> | |
| #include <iostream> |
| all:consumer producer | |
| CPPFLAGS+=-std=c++03 -Wall -pedantic | |
| CPPFLAGS+=-g -O0 | |
| CPPFLAGS+=-isystem ~/custom/boost/ | |
| LDFLAGS+=-L ~/custom/boost/stage/lib/ -Wl,-rpath,/home/sehe/custom/boost/stage/lib | |
| LDFLAGS+=-lboost_system -lrt -lpthread | |
| %:%.cpp |
| /* First test with FreeType2 library */ | |
| /* Output to console of mono rendered font */ | |
| /* | |
| * FreeType2_Mono.c | |
| * | |
| * Created by Michele Catalano <[email protected]>. | |
| * | |
| * Copyright (c) 2013 Michele Catalano | |
| * All rights reserved. | |
| * |
| // License: MIT - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT | |
| // Author: Michele Locati <[email protected]> | |
| // Source: https://gist.github.com/mlocati/7210513 | |
| function perc2color(perc) { | |
| var r, g, b = 0; | |
| if(perc < 50) { | |
| r = 255; | |
| g = Math.round(5.1 * perc); | |
| } | |
| else { |
| //To compile: | |
| //cc vlcsms.c -o vlcsms -lvlc | |
| //This source is by Tim Sheerman-Chase and it is released as public domain. | |
| #include <stdio.h> | |
| #include <stdint.h> | |
| #include <stdlib.h> | |
| #include <unistd.h> | |
| #include <inttypes.h> | |
| #include <vlc/vlc.h> |
| """ | |
| Example of setting up CORS with Bottle.py. | |
| """ | |
| from bottle import Bottle, request, response, run | |
| app = Bottle() | |
| @app.hook('after_request') | |
| def enable_cors(): | |
| """ |
| import os | |
| import sys | |
| import traceback | |
| from functools import wraps | |
| from multiprocessing import Process, Queue | |
| def processify(func): | |
| '''Decorator to run a function as a process. | |
| Be sure that every argument and the return value |
| /* | |
| * The binary gcd algorithm using iteration. | |
| * Should be fairly fast. | |
| * | |
| * Put in the public domain by the author: | |
| * | |
| * Christian Stigen Larsen | |
| * http://csl.sublevel3.org | |
| */ | |
| int binary_gcd(int u, int v) |
| /* | |
| * V4L2 video capture example | |
| * | |
| * This program can be used and distributed without restrictions. | |
| * | |
| * This program is provided with the V4L2 API | |
| * see http://linuxtv.org/docs.php for more information | |
| */ | |
| #include <stdio.h> |
