Dunno about plagiarism, but I'm not surprised if it's not a totally originally idea -- most ideas aren't:-) See also The Stone Book Quartet by Alan Garner for a smaller-scale example: four short stories around Manchester / Alderley Edge, spanning a couple of hundred years, IIRC. I really loved it because of the rich use of dialect -- I felt like had to guess the meaning of 5% of the words from context!
I haven't read Ulverton, though it's been recommended to me. I read another of Adam Thorpe's, Pieces of Light, mainly because the cover had a really cool "cloud leopard" on it, and the protagonist was called Hugh:-) It features the same character in several different phases of life (and in different places), with quite different writing styles for each. (BTW, your Ulverton link points to the widescreen DVD of the recent Hulk movie -- was that some obscure joke, or just a cut'n'paste-o ?!?)
Well, it depends on which "the definition" you choose:-) Some people take "functional" to mean "like a mathematical function", that is, without any side effects. I usually just say "a language with higher-order functions" (or don't say anything, and just keep out of the discussion;-).
BTW, I used to work at Harlequin and heard once that (back at Apple) Dylan used to be called "Ralph", after some guy on the project, until he left the project. Could be a complete fallacy, though -- can anyone confirm that former name?
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Dunno about plagiarism, but I'm not surprised if it's not a totally originally idea -- most ideas aren't :-) See also The Stone Book Quartet by Alan Garner for a smaller-scale example: four short stories around Manchester / Alderley Edge, spanning a couple of hundred years, IIRC. I really loved it because of the rich use of dialect -- I felt like had to guess the meaning of 5% of the words from context!
I haven't read Ulverton, though it's been recommended to me. I read another of Adam Thorpe's, Pieces of Light, mainly because the cover had a really cool "cloud leopard" on it, and the protagonist was called Hugh :-) It features the same character in several different phases of life (and in different places), with quite different writing styles for each. (BTW, your Ulverton link points to the widescreen DVD of the recent Hulk movie -- was that some obscure joke, or just a cut'n'paste-o ?!?)
Thumb-screws? I've heard of BOFH but torture's a little OTT, don't you think? ;-)
Anyway, surely the important thing wouldn't be wireless access, but handsfree? ;-)
What, you mean "Rip. Mix. Burn." ;-?
Well, it depends on which "the definition" you choose :-) Some people take "functional" to mean "like a mathematical function", that is, without any side effects. I usually just say "a language with higher-order functions" (or don't say anything, and just keep out of the discussion ;-).
BTW, I used to work at Harlequin and heard once that (back at Apple) Dylan used to be called "Ralph", after some guy on the project, until he left the project. Could be a complete fallacy, though -- can anyone confirm that former name?
Surely the source code should be hidden in barcodes, no ;-?