jcausey

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1. 1.▲
   by jcausey 18y ago

   (You know, something's always (bugged me) with Common Lisp (and other Lisps (for that matter)) but I can't seem (to remember what it was)) Allright, Lispers -- take the joke...
2. 2.▲
   by jcausey 18y ago

   Very true. I've seen that hack before, but I guess I mentally settled on my first example (probably due to the irksome possibility of x=0\False). Unfortunately, there were probably more hacks than our two examples. Thank goodness Guido (etc
3. 3.▲
   by jcausey 18y ago

   The previous ternary hack in Python (which was still relatively elegant) was: a = ("False", "True")[condition] It's a little fugly -- but if you know the basic semantics of Python, it's quite readable. It is nice that we have a proper terna
4. 4.▲
   by jcausey 18y ago

   I would argue that this is still an implementation issue w/Vista's networking stack. The RFC assumes that the DNS resolver (the client) has a public IP. This is usually not the case with most clients, and Microsoft (etc) knows this. It's ju
5. 5.▲
   by jcausey 18y ago

   I would argue that while this certainly sucks for the US in the short term, it's awesome for the world in the long term. This is exactly what globalization is good for -- expose talented people from all over the world to the free market, ge