Via LtU I read about a tail call optimization decorator. Of course I immediately wondered if it was possible in JavaScript, and it is: Function.prototype.tailCallOptimized = function() { var g = this; return function() { for (var caller = arguments. …

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If you're confused about how closures in JavaScript cause memory leaks in Internet Explorer, this is for you: Leak Free Javascript Closures. Then, without leakage, you can write code like this: function attach() { var element = document.getElementById("my-element"); element. …

I had accesskeys for the tabs at the top of this site, but Mark Wubben reminded me that this was very annoying, mainly because alt-d was one of them (the shortcut to focus the address bar). This makes me think that using accesskeys in webpages is not a very good idea, because you never know what the favorite shortcut keys of your visitor are.

If you're wondering what a base URI is for, you'll always end up being directed to RFC 3986, but you won't find much. Section 5.1 just says: “The term "relative" implies that a "base URI" exists against which the relative reference is applied.”. …

I've updated my Radio Userland Atom code to produce version 1.0. You can find the feed here. My RSS 0.91 feed is created with a simple XSLT transformation from the Atom feed.

At least, that is what Google shows me, and Google is always right.