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901.
by cema 17y ago
Indeed. And I think that Clojure's (I mean, Rich's) simple approach of abstracting lists, vectors, hashes etc as sequences is even more to the point, more powerful. (Of course, it is not necessarily his invention: something like this can be
902.
by cema 17y ago
I think this amounts to something like (c) Current . I do not think it is legal! But maybe there is a way?
903.
by cema 17y ago
I wonder: if the team of web site caretakers gets together several times a year, looks at the web pages, sometimes decides to change it, sometimes not -- is it legal enough to put the current copyright? Or, coming from the other side: one c
904.
by cema 17y ago
Just make it automatic.
905.
by cema 17y ago
I certainly agree about Feynman. I sometimes miss his clarity and honesty. (Among other things, I think he would have been so helpful in untangling the global warming controversy. But also explaining what evolution is and is not, to a layma
906.
by cema 17y ago
Could be. It feels that Google is the "in" company in more ways than one.
907.
by cema 17y ago
Yes, in the press. My question was more about people ("real people you meet" versus "people you read about"), but I agree -- the press has played with the "don't be evil" at leisure, and rightly so (imho). Still the question about the real
908.
by cema 17y ago
They do? I am surprised. In what circles?
909.
by cema 17y ago
Very perceptive. I have not thought of this angle! I think it is important, however, to note that a hacker, the way the word is usually understood, is necessarily part engineer, part craftsman, not just an artist (and, frankly, not necessar
910.
by cema 17y ago
My experience is, in the US they say "s-q-l" in academia and "sequel" in industry. YMMV.
911.
by cema 17y ago
Well, humor may be misleading and easily misunderstood, but this article is not a scientific paper, and the rules of which things look better and which don't are different.
912.
by cema 17y ago
If these two are more respectful, I say let's better stay away from "political charged" articles entirely.
913.
by cema 17y ago
If it feels convenient it is convenient.
914.
by cema 17y ago
A second battery is a solution to a different problem. In most laptops, you cannot just switch batteries without turning it off first, which is likely to disrupt work.
915.
by cema 17y ago
! However, there is a danger of overexposure.
916.
by cema 17y ago
Well, that sure seems to be a manager's point of view, rather popular. But is it always correct?
917.
by cema 17y ago
Not in Ancient Greece.
918.
by cema 17y ago
Oh, I remember reading about his find in an old (1970s or 1960s) issue of Russian pop sci journal Наука и Жизнь ( Science and Life ; apologies if the unicode did not work). I think one lesson here is that when the society does not value t
919.
by cema 17y ago
And they do, However, in different contexts. Latin has been the language of (European) science long after it stopped being dominant in other respects. English can turn out to remain dominant in technological fields, specifically software, f
920.
by cema 17y ago
I have a feeling I am saving almost every HN article on Clojure. Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been working on and with the language and sharing it with the rest of us.
921.
by cema 17y ago
Depends on the font. In many cases, a default font is selected such that it shows Latin characters rather well and other alphabets ok, but support for non-alphabetical unicode characters may be spotty. You can see all these characters if yo
922.
by cema 17y ago
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. Inspiration counts for something.
923.
by cema 17y ago
Everyone I know is just laughing at it. This is just a way for them to get (or, as they say in Russia, "saw off") more money from the government's coffers. Apophis has been studied quite closely by astronomers, and the chance of impact has
924.
by cema 17y ago
An interesting take. I do not remember it this way, however. Any links, papers, etc, with supporting evidence?
925.
by cema 17y ago
I think this is a troubling attack on free speech. If there is a lawyer here who could comment it, or if someone reading this can provide helpful links, please do! At the same time, I feel the article does not present sufficient information
926.
by cema 17y ago
I do not think this is the way it should be. Thus I am glad he got modded back to neutral (which incidentally means 1 and not 0 in HN).
927.
by cema 17y ago
I am of the same ancestry as you are, but my opinion differs. My father, who was born in 1924 and thus survived both Hitler and Stalin, has recently told me that the situation reminds him of the Stalin's period. He is an old man now, but he
928.
by cema 17y ago
It was added recently. There is a lot of activity in the language development leading to what I expect to be an exciting Clojure 1.1 [Edit] A link to the language definition: http://clojure.org/special_forms#toc10 Another link to a smal
929.
by cema 17y ago
Well, there is always Clojure, as another commenter mentioned. Its community is different (friendly and helpful) and so is the language (vibrant, modern and evolving).
930.
by cema 17y ago
You are correct. Still I think it offers useful historical perspective.

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