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Roberto Ierusalimschy

Associate professor at PUC-Rio and the lead architect of the Lua programming language.

7 things

Microsoft Internet KeyboardHardware Microsoft

loved

I use a Microsoft Internet Keyboard, which I bought in 2005; it has a perfect click.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

ASUS ZenBook UX305Hardware ASUS

liked

At home and when travelling I use an ASUS ZenBook UX305. It is light, it has a decent battery life, and it is powerful enough for my needs.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

VimSoftware

uses

I don't use IDEs. I write programs with vim and use both gcc and clang as my main compilers.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

muttSoftware

uses

I use mutt for email. Remotely, I run a ssh connection to my machine and run mutt there.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

UbuntuSoftware Canonical

uses

I run Ubuntu on both machines, sticking with the LTS versions.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

LuaTeXSoftware

uses

I format my papers with LuaTeX.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

FirefoxSoftware Mozilla

mixed

I browse the web with Firefox, but I am not very happy with that.

His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.

2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗

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