davidxa's comments

On: Scott Adams: How I (Almost) Saved the Earth

[davidxa]

The problem with this is that it isn't as flexible as a normal frige, it basically has to be built into the house. Also, if you don't have it next to a exterior wall, you have to pipe the coolant through the walls or floors. It's a great idea, but it requires a major redesign of the refrigerator, and means you can't easily get a new one if it breaks or you want it bigger or smaller.

[vl → davidxa]

Yep, it's not easy, but this problem is already solved with split ACs. While they do require drilling the wall, some people still prefer them to the in-window units.

On: How to design a replacement for C++

[davidxa]

If you implement closures as thunks, you can just free them when done, no need for GC.

    closure int foo(int x) {return x + y;}
    int(*foo_p)(int) = malloc(sizeof(foo));
    memcpy(foo_p,&foo,sizeof(foo));
    return foo_p;

So, you can add working closures in one keyword (and possibly a special case for function pointer decay).