colesantiago

What is STM? I was looking for an explanation of this acronym and couldn't find it. At least explain or define what STM is, as this left me feeling confused.

I love reading about Google's systems, but I wish I could work on those problems at scale, that is my dream really. I wonder what more systems Google has that we don't know about. I know Bor…

what constitutes as an "intellectual"?

Very cool, interested in Lisp but I would like to know if any HN'ers would provide me some insight into why Lisp is so popular? Does anyone use it in production? Is it comparable to JS?