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jwmc
10y ago
Okay, I won't lie, this is a bit of a side-swipe but... ... it sounds like you kind of wanted emacs. One of the most impressive things I find about emacs (especially since semi-proper packages became a thing) is just how easy it is to
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12y ago
Yep. It's good to have both - the car is the first of a list, and the cdr is the rest , but a cons isn't always a list. Having first and rest exclusively would be short-changing us conceptually.
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12y ago
Dynamic variable, rather than global, but yes - it's just a convention.
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jwmc
13y ago
German is really hard to understand. I imagine the user lispm would have something to say about that.
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13y ago
I've never had serious musical training, but I've spent a lot of time picking tunes with old folkies. A lot of those guys are absolutely the same when it comes to this sort of creativity, and I picked up a lot of advice that I lik
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13y ago
Not especially. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow...
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14y ago
When I clicked on that title, I honestly expected a parody.