javascript

A few days ago putting comments in a function slow them down. I decided to put this to the test: I couldn't believe it unless I saw it.

The method I used was a statistical hypothesis test. I'm not here to teach maths (I wouldn't be very good at it anyway), but the process involves gathering raw data, setting up hypotheses about what distribution those data fit, and calculating how likely the data fit that distribution.

Official reason for this halting of development is this bug: many JS-enabled sites won't work, even when whitelisted. I have a vague idea of how to fix it, and it ain't pretty: recreate a large amount of Firefox's own JavaScript blocking. It's a show-stopper bug I can't fix, so I'm going to have to admit defeat here. Sorry for all you hangers-on.

Well, it was a fun excuse to learn how to work with GitHub: that site's awesome. Meanwhile, SomeScript's GitHub project will continue to be hosted there until it gets in my way, so if somebody wants to take it up and run with it, they can.

On the side, I never thought I'd meet something I'd hate more than web development. Firefox extension development isn't as bad, but it's awful close.