people who develop almost purely in one language, within a constrained application space, are able to become extremely productive because their knowledge and experience is very focused.
He mainly uses C and some JavaScript, but a look at all the things he's written suggests that he doesn't really focus on any one area; the first few projects on his page are:
people who develop almost purely in one language, within a constrained application space, are able to become extremely productive because their knowledge and experience is very focused.
He mainly uses C and some JavaScript, but a look at all the things he's written suggests that he doesn't really focus on any one area; the first few projects on his page are:
- A Javascript engine (discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20411154)
- Neural networks
- Image compression
- Arbitrary precision floating-point
- JavaScript PC emulator
- 4G/5G base station software
- Tiny C compiler
- A clone of the text editor Emacs
- Pi calculation