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by cbp 13y ago
> Later he talks about the ugliness of Lisp syntax, especially CL, but Scheme and Clojure are supposed to be better. On what basis? I may admit scheme is elegant, but calling clojure's syntax an improvement over CL is a pretty long
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by cbp 13y ago
It's just a small motivational line with no agenda behind it. You have to pick your words perfectly on the internet because everyone is gonna feel compelled to have an opinion about it.
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by cbp 13y ago
Hey I started doing the exact same thing. Only for CS. Minus the understanding part. I think if I can grasp even 20% of it, then the time spent pays off.
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by cbp 13y ago
Speak for yourself. Not everyone using clojure uses emacs.
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by cbp 13y ago
This is why: 1. You should spend more time designing (away from the computer) so that you find a _problem_ and then come up with a reasonable solution. Instead of putting together a list of features. (see Rich Hickey's talk "Hammo
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by cbp 13y ago
Why do you group C with C++?
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Data, Visibility, and Abstraction(vimeo.com)
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by cbp 13y ago
I had a pretty bad experience in highschool (and elementary school) because of a small deformity on my face that I was born with. That didn't make me hate programming because I was getting bullied on programming classes. In fact it mad
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by cbp 14y ago
I do consulting for small businesses around where I live (Mexico). And since like 3 months ago I switched to clojure and I couldn't be happier. I used ruby then python before. Now there is one minisupermarket doing billing and inventories a
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by cbp 14y ago
Someday there will be a version where the new feature will be an actually useful wiki :p
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by cbp 14y ago
People like to throw around this kind of advice often. Hanging around people who "get shit done" is a privilege that not everyone has. What happens when you go to a cheap college in Mexico where none of the computer science teachers have ev
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by cbp 14y ago
Great, I was wondering if they were going to repeat graphical probabilistic models since I missed it.
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by cbp 15y ago
People wont learn till kidnappings start happening.