While the distinction between accumulative and modular library became clear to me as I read the text, I think its characterization here is rather confusing. “Accumulative” is defined as “emphasizing the interdependence of component elements.” This suggest the idea of a system. But it becomes clear later that accumulative libraries are more like unstructured lists than like systems. As for modular libraries, they can be added to, so they do have an accumulative capability. It seems to me that the distinction boils down to encoding: in accumulative libraries objects are collected as they are; in… continue

Of the three examples of library objects mentioned here, only functions really qualify. Commands and types of data objects are not part of the library of a programming language, they are constitutive of the language itself. (Except for commands like “read” and “write”, which do call procedures that belong to the library). As for functions, some are original to the program, others are part of the library.

However, on the other hand, the fact that readers depend on multiple interfaces for reading the same text points, I think, to the ways in which the reading interface is actually of utmost importance.

A long time contributor to ebr, R. M. Berry has previously explored the role of the Avant-Garde in literature, which can be read here: The Avant-Garde and the Question of Literature, and his informative exchange with Joseph Tabbi in the wake of Tabbi’s review of Berry’s novel Frank can be read here: Blank Frank. A long time contributor to ebr, R. M. Berry has previously explored the role of the Avant-Garde in literature, which can be read here: The Avant-Garde and the Question of Literature, and his informative exchange with Joseph Tabbi in the wake of Tabbi’s review of Berry’s novel Frank can… continue

A zombie computer (often shortened as zombie) is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse. Generally, a compromised machine is only one of many in a botnet, and will be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction. Most owners of zombie computers are unaware that their system is being used in this way. Because the owner tends to be unaware, these computers are metaphorically compared to zombies. A zombie computer (often shortened as zombie) is a computer attached to the Internet that has been… continue