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• 07:40, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Hinterlib (Created page with "{{stub}} thumb|right|Hinterlib's logo is a silhouette of {{wp|Otto von Bismarck}}. '''Hinterlib''', often referred to jointly with its Cosmopolitan-based sister project as '''Hinterlib/Neopolitan''', is a <tt>libc</tt> surrogate library created by Alexander Nicholi as a more embedded-friendly surrogate to use than alternatives like {{wp|GLib}} or {{gh|wolkykim/qlibc|qLibc}}. ==History== Hinterlib was originally c...")
• 07:39, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page File:Hinterlib.png
• 07:39, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs uploaded File:Hinterlib.png
• 07:37, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Peter Welch's bridge (Redirected page to Welch's bridge) Tag: New redirect
• 07:37, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Peter Welch (Redirected page to Welch's bridge) Tag: New redirect
• 07:37, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Welch's bridge (Created page with "'''Welch's bridge''' is a term coined by Alexander Nicholi in reference to an excerpt of an article called ''Programming Sucks'' by blogger Peter Welch<ref>[https://archive.fo/CITVY ''Programming Sucks'']. Published on 27 Apr 2014. Archived from [https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks the original] on 5 Apr 2017 15:55:01 UTC</ref>. The excerpt tells a story about a bridge building project, revealed at the end to be an analogy of what it is to...")
• 06:55, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Embeddable strict subsets (Created blank page)
• 06:55, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Wynaught (Created page with "thumb|right|Wynaught logo.'''Wynaught''' is an embeddable strict subset, or ESS, of Python, specifically as it were in version 3.3. It is part of a family of ESSes to be implemented atop the colossal application medium, which in turn makes it part of a superfamily of simplified languages. ==What changed== The inheritance-based object-oriented model has been removed in favour of property-based inheritance as seen in JavaScript. This mean...")
• 06:53, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page File:Wynaught.png
• 06:53, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs uploaded File:Wynaught.png
• 06:53, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page File:Natpython.png
• 06:53, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs uploaded File:Natpython.png
• 06:49, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page NatPython (Created page with "'''NationalPython''', abbreviated to '''NatPython''', is a derivative dialect of the Python language based on the last release of Python 3.3. It is part of a family of simplified languages including SundaScript and its close relative Wynaught, an embeddable strict subset of Python 3.3. ==Purpose== NatPython shares much of the same purpose as other simplified languages and embeddable strict subset languages created alongside it. However, it is neither a s...")
• 06:48, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Very high level languages (Created blank page)
• 06:48, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Forked languages (Created blank page)
• 06:48, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Simplified languages (Created blank page)
• 06:46, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Heavy data (Created page with "'''Heavy data''' is an information engineering term coined by American computer scientist Alexander Nicholi in his essay entitled ''The Superintegration Trifecta''. It refers to a piece of data's intrinsic viability to be ''aggregated'', i.e. comprehensively summed together in the same form from various sources across a network such as the Worldwide Web. It stands in contrast to light data, which is not so suited to aggregation. Heavy data is the data of focus in th...")
• 06:45, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Light data (Created page with "'''Light data''' is an information engineering term coined by American computer scientist Alexander Nicholi in his essay entitled ''The Superintegration Trifecta''. It refers to a piece of data's intrinsic viability to be ''syndicated'', i.e. duplicated generously across a network such as the Worldwide Web, in order to maximise the data's reach as information. It stands in contrast to heavy data, which is not so practical to syndicate. ==Reference...")
• 06:42, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Mechanicalism (Created page with "'''Mechanicalism''' is one of two "broad branches" of computer science. It is concerned with the engineering of computer software where computers are regarded as ''concrete machines'', as opposed to ''abstract machines'' as dealt with in the other "broad branch" called functionalism. ==Definition== Mechanicalism takes a simplistic view of computers as machines, whose purpose is the transmission and modification of data. The idea strongly takes to a tenet from Richar...")
• 06:38, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Functionalism (Created page with "'''Functionalism''' is one of two "broad branches" of computer science, chiefly concerned with abstract machines and mathematical computing. It is a broad grouping that originated with the lambda calculus, and is commonly known to programmers today under the banner of '''functional programming''', although it includes purportedly multi-paradigm languages too, such as C++ and Python. The other "broad branch" of computer science is called mechanicalism. ==Definition==...")
• 06:38, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Computing theory (Created blank page)
• 06:34, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Base 64 (Created page with "{{stub}}'''Base 64''' is a family of numeral systems that use 64 characters to encode numeric data. It is one of three numeral bases—the others being thornal and dwarf thornal—that lie outside of the alphanumeric natural base set. It was originally created to facilitate 7-bit ASCII compliant data encoding for use in early Web protocols such as SMTP.<ref>Base64 article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64</ref> {{navbox numbase}} ==Referenc...")
• 06:30, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs deleted page Template:Navbox/numbase (obsoleted by Template:Navbox numbase)
• 06:29, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs moved page Template:Navbox/ess to Template:Navbox ess without leaving a redirect (no subpages!!!)
• 06:29, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs moved page Template:Navbox/simplified to Template:Navbox simplified without leaving a redirect (no subpages!!!)
• 06:28, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Thornal (Created page with "'''Thornal''' is a special instance of a base-32 numeral system created for legibility. It is one of three numeral bases—the others being dwarf thornal and base 64—that lie outside the alphanumeric natural base set, of which binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal are members. It was created as a binary-friendly number base with improved legibility by removal of the characters <tt>0</tt>, <tt>1</tt>, <tt>I</tt> and <tt>O</tt>. ==History==...")
• 06:27, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Dwarf thornal (Created page with "'''Dwarf thornal''' is a special instance of a base-24 numeral system created for legibility. It is one of three numeral bases—the others being thornal and base 64—that lie outside the alphanumeric natural base set, of which binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal are members. It was created originally for legibility on licence plates, achieved by the removal of several letters and numbers that often resemble other characters on licence pla...")
• 06:24, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Alphanumeric natural base set (Created page with "The '''alphanumeric natural base set''' is a set of numeral bases that use the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through Z, case insensitively, representing bases 2 through 36. Many programming language standard libraries, such as that of Python<ref>Python documentation of the <code>int( )</code> builtin: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int</ref>, have parsers supporting an arbitrary number base in this range. This is likely because such a generalised...")
• 06:24, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Category:Numeral bases (Created blank page)
• 06:23, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Template:Navbox numbase (Created page with "<div align="center"> {| class="roundy" style="border:0.2em solid rgba(88,88,88,0.6);border-bottom:none;background-color:rgba(88,88,88,0.05)" width="600em" |- | colspan="1" width="100%" valign="center" align="center" style="background-color:rgba(88,88,88,0.15);font-weight:bold" | Numeral bases |- | colspan="1" width="100%" valign="center" align="center" | Binary ² {{!}} Octal ⁸ {{!}} Decimal ¹⁰ {{!}} Hexadecima...")
• 05:36, 25 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page C~ (Created page with "{{infobox plang |name=C~ |caption=Flavour image for the C{{star}} logo. |paradigm={{wp|Imperative programming|imperative}}, {{wp|Procedural programming|procedural}}, functionalist |designer=Alexander Nicholi |appeared=April, 2022 |typing={{wp|Type system#Combining static and dynamic type checking|dynamic & static}}, {{wp|Strong and weak typing|weak}}, {{wp|Manifest typing|manifest}} |ext=<code>.cst</code>, <code>.hst</code> |influ...")
• 11:14, 24 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page C* (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:C<span class="_star">*</span>}} {{infobox plang |name=C{{star}} |caption=Flavour image for the C{{star}} logo. |paradigm={{wp|Imperative programming|imperative}}, {{wp|Procedural programming|procedural}} |designer=Alexander Nicholi |appeared=December 2020 |typing={{wp|Type system#Static type checking|static}}, {{wp|Strong and weak typing|strong}}, {{wp|Manifest typing|manifest}} |ext=<code>.cst</code>, <code>.hst</code> |influencedby={{w...")
• 11:07, 24 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs deleted page Template:Plang (use Template:Infobox plang instead)
• 11:06, 24 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Template:Infobox plang (Created page with "<noinclude><div style="display:none"></noinclude> {| class="wikitable" align="right" width="{{{width|315px}}}" |- ! colspan="12" width="100%" | <big>{{{name}}}</big>{{#if:{{{image|}}} |<span></span> {{!}}- {{!}} colspan="12" width="100%" {{!}} [[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size|300px}}}]]{{#if:{{{caption|}}} |<span></span> {{!}}- {{!}} colspan="12" width="100%" style="text-align:center" {{!}} {{{caption}}} |}}|<span></span> {{!}}- {{!}} colspan="12" width="100%" {{!}} Fi...")
• 10:04, 24 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page XionKB:Sitemap (Created page with "This is an exhaustive '''sitemap''' of the WiredWiki mainspace, linking hierarchically to every article of note that we have to offer. Typically, leaf nodes in these lists constitute {{meta|Missions directory|missions}}, but for clarity's sake all items that are deigned missions are marked with a dagger '''†'''. <div align="center"> {| width="900em" |- | width="33.333%" valign="top" | ==Research== * Computing theory † ** Functionalism ** Mechani...")
• 02:18, 22 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page C++ (Created page with "<div align="center"> File:Stroustrup.png </div> Category:Scathing screeds")
• 02:18, 22 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page File:Stroustrup.png
• 02:18, 22 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs uploaded File:Stroustrup.png
• 06:32, 21 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page M:FAQ (Redirected page to WiredWiki:Frequently asked questions) Tag: New redirect
• 06:32, 21 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page XionKB:Frequently asked questions (Created page with "This is a collection of '''frequently asked questions''' pertaining to the {{SITENAME}}. ; Why is there no {Discord,IRC,chat group}? : [//forum.xion.mt/ The forums] exist. There is no upside and tremendous downside to operating a real-time messaging group. More directly, it causes more harm than good due to psychological dissociation in "chat rooms". Just post on the forum instead; future readers will be glad you did. ; What mechanism do you use to host/syndicate code?...")
• 22:36, 20 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page M:MOS (Redirected page to WiredWiki:Manual of style) Tag: New redirect
• 22:35, 20 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page XionKB:Manual of style (Created page with "{{policy}} Welcome to the official '''manual of style''' for the {{SITENAME}}. This is our policy governing the particularities of the writing, formatting and design of articles on the wiki. ==Precedent== No style manual is ever complete. While we hope to pre-emptively address as much as possible here before the wiki grows, we cannot possibly address every corner case. In the interest of consistency, we insist that editors follow the existing style in use on a given art...")
• 06:13, 18 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Accmailtext (Created page with "A randomly generated password for $1 has been sent to $2. It can be changed via the <code>Special:ChangePassword</code> special page.")
• 00:58, 18 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Kitchen sink (Created page with "The '''kitchen sink''' is a metaphor referring to the property of software to exhibit an unbounded scope or feature creep. It most commonly afflicts projects whose maintainers aim to be "jacks of all trades", such as many popular programming languages. ==Etymological evidence== The concept has probably existed for decades, even as long as programming has been a thing as the idiom "everything but the kitchen sink", but we can definitively date it to at least 2011 via [//...")
• 00:27, 18 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Simplified languages (Created page with "This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on simplified languages''', a broad concept of new programming languages that are not necessarily embeddable strict subsets but rather more general reversions from the kitchen sink, such as NatPython, a fork of Python as it were in version 3.3. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/simplified languages}}. It is part of the broader mission on softwa...")
• 00:19, 18 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Embeddable strict subset (Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on embeddable strict subsets''', a novel class of programming languages that are "embeddable", i.e. having a highly portable runtime with a mature API, while being strict semantic subsets of larger, often popular programming languages. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/ess}}. It is part of the broader mission on software architecture. Categor...")
• 00:06, 18 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page Software architecture (Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on software architecture''', a broad subject concerning the ''application'' of computing theory in the context of written code. It has a sister mission, the mission on hardware architecture. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/software architecture}}. Category:Mission springboard")
• 09:23, 15 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page M:BEYOND (Redirected page to WiredWiki:Beyond our wiki) Tag: New redirect
• 09:23, 15 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page XionKB:Beyond our wiki (Created page with "Our wiki is but a small part of a stupefyingly large Web. Unlike some websites and (unfortunately) many online communities, we do not operate as a fiefdom or cultural reprieve. In fact, all value created by our wiki should be fully externalisable, in line with the ethos of {{meta|Copyrights|our licencing}}. History looks less fondly towards actors of ego, and is comparatively generous to those who solely offer the fruit of their work to its mantle. So, let us do that. =...")
• 09:03, 15 February 2023 Alexander talk contribs created page User:MediaWiki default (Created page with "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't show you that.")