Episode 16: It's mini in the non-trademarkable kind of way
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⭐️ This Week's Topics
- More thoughts on the iPhone 12 mini, Mac mini, and HomePod mini.
- Big Sur's release, and the launch issues that came about.
- Fernando's new project, supplemental dev skills, and interview standardization.
🚧 #CompleteTheCode
This week's #CompleteTheCode:
What etymology lead to the random number generator of choice on Apple platforms being named arc4random()?1 2 3 4 5 6 7import Darwin public func arc4random() -> UInt32 public func arc4random_buf(_ buffer: UnsafeMutableRawPointer!, _ numberOfBytes: Int) public func arc4random_uniform(_ upperBound: UInt32) -> UInt32
Be sure to tweet us with hashtag #CompleteTheCode if you know the answer!
⚠️ Compiler Error
We all know and love Swift, which owes its inspiration from Objective-C, which owes its inspiration from Smalltalk!
- Unlike many languages, Smalltalk has no if statement, let alone other control structures. Control flow is instead implemented as methods sent to objects.
- Like Objective-C, Smalltalk makes use of argument labels on each of a methods arguments, but does not wrap every method call in square brackets.
- Only six "keywords" are reserved in Smalltalk: true, false, nil, self, super, and thisContext, which are called pseudo-variables in the language.
- Like many languages in the 80s, Smalltalk uses the dot character to access properties, the semicolon to delineate statements, and curly brackets to denote blocks.
Compilation Results
This time, Ben went first, followed by Fernando. Let's see how they did!
2. Like Objective-C, Smalltalk makes use of argument labels on each of a methods arguments, but does not wrap every method call in square brackets.
Both of our completionists thought this was true, and it is indeed a code completion! Learn More →
3. Only six "keywords" are reserved in Smalltalk: true, false, nil, self, super, and thisContext, which are called pseudo-variables in the language.
They both thought this was also factual, and it is also a code completion! Learn More →
1. Unlike many languages, Smalltalk has no if statement, let alone other control structures. Control flow is instead implemented as methods sent to objects.
Ben didn't think Smalltalk was weird enough, but it turns out it is, because was a code completion! Learn More →
Which leaves…
4. Like many languages in the 80s, Smalltalk uses the dot character to access properties, the semicolon to delineate statements, and curly brackets to denote blocks.
…which Fernando was rightfully skeptical of, because this was the compiler error! Smalltalk uses the dot character to selineate statements, the semicolon to cascate method calls, and square brackets to denote blocks! Learn More →
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