Vincent Hindriksen from Stream Computing writes that the more you think about it, the more you’ll find that a loop is not a loop. In “Separation of compute, control and transfer” I talked about ...

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It’s the most magical time of the year. Many of the world’s absolute best nerds have materialized in a hotel somewhere and are giving talks to each other about the future of programming. I’m of course ...