clartaq

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   by clartaq 5y ago

   Scheme. It handles these types of problems easily and clearly. As a bonus, by using a Lisp, they may think you are especially brainy.
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   by clartaq 5y ago

   Java and Clojure are probably pretty common. I sometimes use the Clojure numeric stack and Java (JavaFX) for the GUI portion of a program.
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   by clartaq 5y ago

   I think of the "Lisp A vs. Lisp B" discussions like describing the nuances of you favorite color. My favorite color is yellow, but that covers a lot of ground. I prefer a nice bright lemon yellow, but don't care for mustard y
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   by clartaq 5y ago

   Mostly Chez. Racket is remarkable too -- I have never felt that I was stretching its capabilities. Enjoying Janet, trying to get over Clojure habits where the two differ. Most of my career has been involved in medical diagnostic, data analy
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   by clartaq 5y ago

   I've used Clojure for going on 10 years now and it has been one of the most enjoyable programming languages I've ever used. But I've gone back to Scheme for a few ridiculous reasons. 1. TCO. Using `recur` in Clojure just brea
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   by clartaq 6y ago

   On GNU/Linux go with emacs. On macOS maybe BBEdit. On Windows use Sublime Text.
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   by clartaq 6y ago

   Scheme. So clean. So easy. So mind-stretching.
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   by clartaq 6y ago

   There have been lots of good suggestions here, but I haven't seen any discussion of using an IDE platform. For example, [NetBeans platform]( https://netbeans.org/features/platform/ ) provides a very high qualit
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   by clartaq 6y ago

   Clojure is a very pleasant language to develop in. I have found it easier to develop a JavaFX-UI program in Clojure than in Java. If you want to go the route of running a server on the user's machine and serving it through the user&#x2
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    Ask HN: Utility of a Combined Outliner and Note-Taking App?

    5 points by clartaq 7y ago|0 comments
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    by clartaq 8y ago

    Yeah, I commented before looking at your app so I wouldn't be influenced by it. My dislike isn't so much with the final app, but more related to the ability to rebuild an open source project. If I want to make modifications, there
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    by clartaq 8y ago

    I'm surprised by how often questions like this come up, but I always find the responses interesting and educational. * What I Want * Non-negotiable items include: - Low Friction: A little initial setup is ok, but just taking a note
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    by clartaq 8y ago

    Changing jobs in 2005 caused me to switch from taking notes on paper to doing it electronically. My new employer provided a tablet PC with a stylus running Windows and [OneNote]( https://products.office.com/en-US/onenote