User contributions for Alexander

3 March 2023

• 16:0216:02, 3 March 2023 diff hist +10‎ m C* ‎ add C♭ to list
• 16:0116:01, 3 March 2023 diff hist −41‎ m MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ nevermind Tag: Manual revert
• 15:5815:58, 3 March 2023 diff hist −1‎ m MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ change it again Tag: Reverted
• 15:5715:57, 3 March 2023 diff hist −20‎ m MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ remove bold Tag: Reverted
• 15:5715:57, 3 March 2023 diff hist +62‎ m MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ emphasise article titles Tag: Reverted
• 15:5415:54, 3 March 2023 diff hist −1,923‎ MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ move fonts into common
• 15:5415:54, 3 March 2023 diff hist +1,446‎ MediaWiki:Common.css ‎ use Neoverdana! :)

2 March 2023

• 17:1717:17, 2 March 2023 diff hist 0‎ m MediaWiki:Common.css ‎ whoops
• 17:1617:16, 2 March 2023 diff hist +132‎ m MediaWiki:Common.css ‎ fix fonts
• 16:3816:38, 2 March 2023 diff hist +24‎ m XionKB:Sitemap ‎ use musical templates
• 16:3616:36, 2 March 2023 diff hist +787‎ N C♭ ‎ Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:C<span class="_music">♭</span>}}{{stub}}{{infobox plang |name=C{{flat}} |caption=Flavour image for the C{{flat}} logo. |paradigm={{wp|Imperative programming|imperative}}, {{wp|Procedural programming|procedural}} |designer=Alexander Nicholi |appeared=March, 2022 |typing={{wp|Type system#Static type checking|static}}, {{wp|Strong and weak typing|weak}}, {{wp|Manifest typing|manifest}} |ext=<code>.cst</code>, <code>.hst</code> |influenced..."
• 16:2716:27, 2 March 2023 diff hist +225‎ MediaWiki:Common.css ‎ add music fonts and pala
• 15:1415:14, 2 March 2023 diff hist +60‎ m MediaWiki:Monobook.css ‎ fix left-border on sidebar boxes
• 14:2714:27, 2 March 2023 diff hist +15‎ N MediaWiki:Aboutpage ‎ Created page with "Project:Sitemap" current
• 14:2714:27, 2 March 2023 diff hist +8‎ N MediaWiki:Aboutsite ‎ Created page with "Site map" current

25 February 2023

• 07:4007:40, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,712‎ N 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..."
• 07:3707:37, 25 February 2023 diff hist +28‎ N Peter Welch's bridge ‎ Redirected page to Welch's bridge current Tag: New redirect
• 07:3707:37, 25 February 2023 diff hist +28‎ N Peter Welch ‎ Redirected page to Welch's bridge current Tag: New redirect
• 07:3707:37, 25 February 2023 diff hist +3,726‎ N 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..." current
• 06:5606:56, 25 February 2023 diff hist +54‎ m ♮Python ‎ add logo back
• 06:5506:55, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Embeddable strict subsets ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:5506:55, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,184‎ N 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..."
• 06:5506:55, 25 February 2023 diff hist +18‎ m Template:Navbox ess ‎ C♭, not SimpleD
• 06:5006:50, 25 February 2023 diff hist −2‎ m Template:Navbox simplified ‎ C♭ is in, SimpleD is out
• 06:4906:49, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,897‎ N ♮Python ‎ 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..."
• 06:4806:48, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Very high level languages ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:4806:48, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Forked languages ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:4806:48, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Simplified languages ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:4606:46, 25 February 2023 diff hist +713‎ N 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..."
• 06:4506:45, 25 February 2023 diff hist +585‎ N 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..."
• 06:4206:42, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2,571‎ N 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..."
• 06:3806:38, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2,342‎ N 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==..." current
• 06:3806:38, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Computing theory ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:3406:34, 25 February 2023 diff hist +493‎ N 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..." current
• 06:3206:32, 25 February 2023 diff hist −6‎ m Template:Navbox ‎ restyle
• 06:2906:29, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Template:Navbox ess ‎ Alexander moved page Template:Navbox/ess to Template:Navbox ess without leaving a redirect: no subpages!!!
• 06:2906:29, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Template:Navbox simplified ‎ Alexander moved page Template:Navbox/simplified to Template:Navbox simplified without leaving a redirect: no subpages!!!
• 06:2906:29, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Thornal ‎ use proper navbox
• 06:2806:28, 25 February 2023 diff hist −12‎ m Thornal ‎ remove orphaned category, add explicit references tag
• 06:2806:28, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2,656‎ N 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==..."
• 06:2706:27, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2,264‎ N 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..."
• 06:2506:25, 25 February 2023 diff hist +260‎ XionKB:Sitemap ‎ add moar from old wiki
• 06:2406:24, 25 February 2023 diff hist +656‎ N 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..." current
• 06:2406:24, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Numeral bases ‎ Created blank page current
• 06:2306:23, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,053‎ N 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..." current
• 06:0406:04, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m XionKB:Sitemap ‎ hoist missions
• 05:3805:38, 25 February 2023 diff hist +19‎ m C* ‎ influenced C~
• 05:3605:36, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,155‎ N 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..."
• 05:2905:29, 25 February 2023 diff hist +35‎ m C* ‎ mechanicalist

24 February 2023

• 19:2719:27, 24 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m MediaWiki:Common.css ‎ reduce size