How programming languages change the way you think

Question 1

glean

Answer 1

To learn small pieces of information by asking questions or watching or listening carefully:

• Note: This section contains mild spoilers on the first hour of the plot in Arrival, most of which could be gleaned from the film’s trailer.
• Their decisions were based on financial information gleaned from the Internet.

Question 2

pivot

Answer 2

A fixed point or pin that something turns or balances on (ось):

• The default pivot point is at the centre of the object.

The most important thing that something is based on or depends on (стержень):

• Tax reform has become the central pivot of their domestic policy.

Turn on or as if on a pivot (поворот):

• In this article I’m going to walk you through the basics of some of the theories touched upon in Arrival and then pivot into the role of language in programming.

Question 3

immerse

Answer 3

To put something or someone in a liquid, especially so that they are covered completely (погрузить):

• Loosen the contents by immersing the bowl in warm water.

Involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest (вовлекать, поглощать):

• If you immerse yourself into a foreign language then you can actually rewire your brain.
• She immersed herself in her work.

Question 4

rewire

Answer 4

To replace all the wires that carry electricity in a building, car, or piece of equipment (заново электрифицировать, перемонтировать).

Перенастроить, перестроить:

• If you immerse yourself into a foreign language then you can actually rewire your brain.

Question 5

resurface

Answer 5

To start to have an effect again:

• This is a thought that stuck with me and resurfaced as I delved deeper into functional programming.
• Old tensions between the two countries have recently resurfaced.

To appear again after not being seen for a period of time (возродиться, объявиться), to come back up to the surface of the water (всплыть).

To replace the surface of something such as a road (переасфальтировать).

Question 6

delve

Answer 6

Reach inside a receptacle and search for something (копаться, рыться):

• This is a thought that stuck with me and resurfaced as I delved deeper into functional programming.
• This biography delves deep into the artist’s private life.

Question 7

alleviate

Answer 7

To make something less painful, severe, or serious (облегчить, смягчить):

• This additional freedom creates some unique problems which additional syntax such as the rest and spread operators (…) among others have helped alleviate.
• The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain.

Question 8

meticulous

Answer 8

Very thorough and with careful attention to detail (дотошный, тщательный, скрупулезный):

• When I think of F# applications, I picture a series of pipes connected to each other – each one meticulously designed to have exactly the correct output given a specific input and have no other side effects.
• Everyone agreed that it was a piece of meticulous research.

Question 9

hefty

Answer 9

Large and heavy (здоровенный, тяжелый):

• F#’s functional syntax comes with a hefty learning curve and a need to almost re-learn programming in a different context, but it does make invalid states harder to represent at the compiler level.
• What’s important is that’ I’ve got Clark’s word on a very hefty package of compensation and reconstruction.

Question 10

receptacle

Answer 10

A container (вместилище, тара, хранилище, емкость):

• Reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
• Please place blood sample in receptacle provided.