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by noelwelsh 17y ago
As MagV mentioned, Typed Scheme ( http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/samth/typed-scheme/ ) is an example of static typing in a lisp-like language. I've used it, and it is great. It interoperates smoothly with the normal dynamic typed Scheme. Typin
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by noelwelsh 17y ago
What exactly do you mean by pattern matching? I understand it in the ML sense. The Lisp language I use, PLT Scheme, has extensible pattern matching: http://docs.plt-scheme.org/reference/match.html The implementation isn't simple but the
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by noelwelsh 17y ago
Buying ARM to stop its cores getting to competitors doesn't seem a good idea. Other chip manufacturers would rush to fill that vacuum. Freescale and the other Power ISA guys would love that kind of boost. I don't see it slowing down Android
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by noelwelsh 17y ago
When you say: "A/B tests will tell you nothing you did not already know, they will just PROVE it if you need to convince someone else." you are wrong. Hypothesis testing is a way to distinguish, with a given level of confidence, those event
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by noelwelsh 17y ago
Taking a bigger picture: Muscle atrophy is one of the biggest causes of reduced quality of life in the elderly (and also the not so elderly). Women in particular are susceptible to this due to their smaller amount of muscle mass to begin wi
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by noelwelsh 17y ago
Don't worry about the technology risk. People already do this, so it isn't impossible. They probably don't do it well, but you only have to do better than random to provide benefit. Market risk is more of a concern to me. If you're presenti