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dfkaye / multiple-inheritance.js

Created August 18, 2024 08:18

simulate multiple inheritance in javascript

	// 5 Aug 2024
	// multiple inheritance

	// "inspired" by tweet, 1 August 2024, from Colin McDonnell (and goaded by some
	// benighted replies) at https://x.com/colinhacks/status/1819138095104905689

	// Challenge: Implement merge() to handle multiple inheritance, as per example:
	// ```
	// class A {...}
	// class B {...}

dfkaye / chunked-response-stream.js

Created August 18, 2024 08:17

simulate chunked HTML response stream in the browser

	// 15 July 2024
	// simulate chunked HTML response stream in the browser


	// 1. create the response stream parts

	var encoder = new TextEncoder;

	var text = `
	<html lang="en">

dfkaye / parse-bigint.js

Created August 18, 2024 08:15

parse bigint

	// 1 July 2024
	// parseBigInt

	function parseBigInt(b, r) {
	var n = String(b).split("n")[0];
	return parseInt(n, r);
	}

	var base10 = ["2n.3", "5.5", "FFnA", "n.3"].map(function (v, i) {
	return parseBigInt(v, 8);

dfkaye / is-number-or-bigint.js

Created August 18, 2024 08:14

is-number with bigint support

	// 22 June 2024
	// is-number with bigint support

	function isNumber(n) {
	var m = typeof n == 'bigint'
	? 0n
	: 0;

	return n - m === Object(n).valueOf();
	}

dfkaye / partial-order-timestamps.js

Created August 18, 2024 08:13

partial order timestamps, realizing the algorithm for processing event timestamps in Fidge (1988)

	// 12 June 2024
	// realizing the algorithm for processing event timestamps in Fidge (1988),
	// "Timestamps in Message-Passing Systems That Preserve the Partial Ordering"
	// https://fileadmin.cs.lth.se/cs/Personal/Amr_Ergawy/dist-algos-papers/4.pdf


	// missing the query or aggregation step that collects the timestamps and sorts
	// them by determinate vs. non-determinate ordering.

	// determinate ordering should be singular (i.e., only one permutation) whereas

dfkaye / pass-and-call-function-in-worker.js

Last active June 13, 2024 08:32

pass functions to workers and and call them in subsequent messages

	// 8 June 2024
	// pass functions to workers and and call them in subsequent messages.

	// similar to gists in 2022:
	// pass functions as strings to workers and revive them with the Function() constructor
	// https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/527f163b6913b163a579bbeb01858593

	// Not the same as "pass a stringified function in its own blob to a worker and
	// import it using importScripts(blobUrl)."
	// https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/ca9722cd247c6d907b3bbaf7273741e0

dfkaye / visibility-close-restart-worker.js

Created May 31, 2024 21:37

visibility change and visibility state to drive web worker processing, closeand restart.

	// 31 May 2024
	// visibility change and visibility state to drive web worker processing, close
	// and restart.

	// previous version, pause and resume, at
	// https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/3a9d6752301733fba81c740cf4fb68b2

	var source = `
	var count = 0;
	var interval;

dfkaye / visibility-pause-resume-worker.js

Last active May 31, 2024 21:38

visibility change and visibility state to drive web worker processing, pause and resume

	// 30 May 2024
	// visibility change and visibility state to drive web worker processing,
	// pause and resume.

	// pretty sure I'd done this in 2022 or 2023.

	// next version implements close and restart...
	// https://gist.github.com/dfkaye/ee75271dd58e489d3a3ab9d209e51e02

	var source = `

dfkaye / async-await-dependency-chain-test.js

Last active May 15, 2024 08:08

async/await dependency chains and what to do about them

	// 13 May 2024
	// async/await dependency chains

	// 14 May 2024
	// added explicit try-catch-finally to test error in "finalizer" function C.

	// what

	// laughing at ben lesh tweet complaining about async/await being difficult
	// without explaining why: