User:Erkin

Hello, my name is Lulu, although I often go by erkin. I'm a functional programmer who likes flexible, expressive and powerful languages with metaprogramming capabilities.

About me

• Racket is my go-to language.
• I'm an avid Emacs user. I use ersatz Emacsen wherever GNU Emacs is unavailable.
• I use a modified version of Dvorak layout.
• My favourite locale is en_DK.UTF-8.
• I don't like the Unix way, but I begrudgingly use GNU/Linux because I believe there's no better alternative.
• I'm in the "do the right thing" faction (Massachusetts school of thought) in the uphill war against the "worse is better" faction (New Jersey school of thought).
• I have a soft spot for cute critters. I love cats in particular.
• My pronouns are they/them.

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My languages

My Favorite Languages
Language	Proficiency
Racket	Advanced
Scheme	Advanced
Clojure	Advanced
C	Proficient
LaTeX	Proficient
UNIX Shell	Proficient
AWK	Intermediate
C++	Intermediate
Emacs Lisp	Intermediate
Java	Intermediate
Python	Intermediate
SQL	Intermediate
Brainfuck	Novice
Common Lisp	Novice
Lua	Novice
Perl	Novice
Prolog	Novice
Ruby	Novice
dc	Beginner
Elixir	Beginner
Forth	Beginner
J	Beginner
OCaml	Beginner
Z80 Assembly	Beginner

I like language-oriented programming and domain-specific languages. I believe that there's always a right tool for the task.

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• Beginner: I have written something in this and liked it enough to list here. I intend to learn more of it in the future.
• Novice: I used this extensively for at least a while but I don't consider myself well-versed enough.
• Intermediate: I know my way around this and used it for large, nontrivial tasks.
• Proficient: I used it for significant tasks and spent a while delving into its guts, identifying pitfalls and internalising idioms.
• Advanced: Having spent a lot of time using this, I consider myself very comfortable with it and tend to reach to it for new tasks.
• Expert: I arrogantly believe I know this language inside out, possibly mistakenly.