claystu

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by claystu 10y ago
I've never tried clojure; it looks interesting, though different from Common Lisp. I have invested some time--though not a lot--in Common Lisp and enjoyed it. I would like to actually use CL for something. Unfortunately, my feeling was
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by claystu 10y ago
For me, it's a question of tooling. I would love to see a Common Lisp expert do an entire book on Armed Bear Common Lisp (Common Lisp entirely on the JVM). Edi Weitz hinted at what might be possible in his book, Common Lisp Recipes, bu
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by claystu 10y ago
Is this where people march out and demand we program in Forth? More seriously, I don't see the West responding to a call from the Pope to reconquer Jerusalem.
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by claystu 10y ago
You should check out Minimal Perl [ https://amzn.com/1932394508 ] if you haven't already done so.
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by claystu 10y ago
I honestly have no idea. Given that there are different versions of awk and different versions of python, I'm not even sure there is an answer. Given awk's age (1977-when computers were much slower and memory much more expensive)
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by claystu 10y ago
To accomplish the same thing in awk: $ awk '{if ($3 < 36) print $1; else print $2}' data.txt doe jane jack bob Python has a lot of strengths and is better than awk at a lot of things, but one-liner column based
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by claystu 10y ago
There's a really good Stephen J. Gould essay on exaptation titled, "Exaptation - a missing term in the science of form"
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by claystu 10y ago
You're right...it's still doable. I could if I wanted, but the cost/benefit analysis of my time vs the payoff of using Lazarus just doesn't make it worth the time. Interestingly, here's a new link on HackerNews for
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by claystu 10y ago
I mean docs that assume I've never looked at any other GUI system and don't know what an event even is, much less how to register one. What if I'm a first-time programmer or have only ever programmed in MIT Scratch? What if I
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by claystu 10y ago
Well, the oracle website does tell you how to disable the toolbar, though I agree it shouldn't be there in the first place. As for uninstalling the old version, are you saying you want the new version to automatically uninstall old ver
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by claystu 10y ago
What's so hard about the JVM install? I googled for "java download" and this was my first hit: https://java.com/en/download/ Went there and found a single, totally obvious button labeled "Free
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by claystu 10y ago
I wonder how hard it would be to poach the best parts of the GUI system from Lazarus and put it into a Turbo Oberon system.
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by claystu 10y ago
Did you ever look at Oberon?
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by claystu 10y ago
I just checked. Help shows documentation on FreePascal and what the different options are for Lazarus as an IDE, but I don't see any more documentation on how the GUI system works, which is supposed to be what makes this system so spec
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by claystu 10y ago
So, I downloaded the latest version to OSX. Effortless install. Opened Lazarus and it looks great. Threw a few gui components onto the blank form and hit compile. The program compiled almost instantly, popping up a native gui that looks gre
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by claystu 10y ago
I think the parent meant Delphi
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by claystu 10y ago
I wonder if hardware restraints might actually improve software. Instead of "what the hardware giveth, the software taketh away," the industry will instead begin to say, "well, this is all the performance we've got so le
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by claystu 10y ago
I disagree. The presence of several typos on the main page is a big red flag for a technical book. Having said that, I'm still interested, but the lack of proofreading on the author's release announcement for his book is definitel
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by claystu 10y ago
"Democracy doesn't work by voting until you get results you want." What are you talking about? That's exactly how it works! You vote for what you want and hope the majority votes the same and you keep doing it for the th
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by claystu 10y ago
Watched "Piper" before "Finding Dory" the other day. We liked it better than the feature film.
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by claystu 10y ago
This is what I do as well. I think it's pretty standard.
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by claystu 10y ago
I think it's very likely that Uber and Lyft are going to revitalize the transportation industry by disrupting the old, taxi mindset; however, for everyone bemoaning the loss of Uber, the lesson of capitalism is that once a market gets
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by claystu 10y ago
Do you go anywhere else except to work? What about groceries? Doctor's appointments? School stuff? Etc... It's hard to imagine that you never leave the house except for work.
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by claystu 10y ago
If there really is a big demand for this service then something else will probably come along to fill that niche. I've personally never been to Austin, but I doubt the city is going to suffer any major decline in business because Uber
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by claystu 11y ago
What platform do you write on? Linux? Mac? I'm genuinely curious. I have been looking for substitutes to Latex ever since writing my dissertation in Latex and having to debug/tweak an already horrendous Latex .sty file. I basicall
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by claystu 11y ago
I would go even further to say that after years of competitive swimming, I literally never heard it called "front crawl" by anyone. Every coach, swimmer, heat sheet, swimming record, etc...says freestyle. NPR calling freestyle &qu
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by claystu 11y ago
They feel like the Head First series...only more fun.
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by claystu 11y ago
Wow! Great response. I have to say, I'm excited about your book. It sounds like a wonderful project. It's also interesting that you are really paying attention to beginners. That's definitely something that Haskell needs. The
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by claystu 11y ago
This looks like a really good start. I like it. My request is that you include some real case studies. That's something that Peter Seibel did with his book, "Practical Common Lisp," and it was terrific. I bought Seibel's
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by claystu 11y ago
I don't think any kid--or adult for that matter--without experience in Forth would be able to figure this out. Even if they did, it wouldn't teach them programming. All I saw were stack manipulation puzzles. Granted, I quit at th

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