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by pmcjones 11y ago
For much more on Lisp of all varieties (including Common Lisp), see http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/ .
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by pmcjones 12y ago
> If this person is actually an environmentalist then they should welcome my message of build up, build dense, and build mass transit. Did you actually read the story? Later, it says: "Google’s headquarters proposal does not include
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by pmcjones 12y ago
My Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner (for $199) does a pretty good job for 35mm and 120 (6cm).
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by pmcjones 12y ago
The original AI memos at MIT show almost step-by-step how McCarthy developed Lisp. Here's the first, which includes symbolic differentiation as an example: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/MIT
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by pmcjones 12y ago
More on T here: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/scheme_fam... .
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by pmcjones 12y ago
For scans of much of the historic software source code that Knuth mentions near the end of the video, see: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_...
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by pmcjones 12y ago
For documents and source code of John Backus's original IBM 704 FORTRAN/FORTRAN II project, see http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN .
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by pmcjones 12y ago
This archive of GEDANKEN history includes a scan of the listing of Reynolds' LISP implementation of GEDANKEN, and also his 1969 technical report with a formal definition of GEDANKEN: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/
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by pmcjones 12y ago
In 1972, Gary Starkweather (inventor of the laser printer) rigged up a laser-based data link with 35 megapixels/second bandwidth because Xerox Parc was split across two buildings: one with the controller and one with the marking engine
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by pmcjones 12y ago
That font was originally designed by Luca Cardelli. His web site has his originals and an updated version by Reuben Thomas: http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html (Fonts tab).
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by pmcjones 13y ago
Some countries reverse the role of period and comma in numbers. The author meant ten thousand.
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by pmcjones 13y ago
Here's the original technical report: ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/pdf/AIM-057.pdf
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by pmcjones 14y ago
"The only thing Generics are really extremely useful for is writing data structures that you can re-use with multiple data types." Take a look at C++'s STL: a large set of generic algorithms that work with any data structure (built-in or us
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by pmcjones 14y ago
How about adding another tool for Erdös Number?
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by pmcjones 14y ago
For more on #5 (original Fortran optimizing compiler), including the source code, see http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/ . For more on #7 (Quicksort), I especially recommend Hoare's paper in the Computer Journal, which
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by pmcjones 15y ago
1966: IBM 7094 assembler & Fortran IV 1967: Univac 1108 assembler; CDC6400 assembler 1968: Snobol4
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by pmcjones 15y ago
For more on UtiLisp, including source code and documentation, see: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/utilisp/
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by pmcjones 15y ago
A number of the documents he excerpted are available via http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/ .
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by pmcjones 15y ago
It's there: http://instprog.com/blogposts/Few-Examples-of-Lisp-Code-Typo...
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by pmcjones 15y ago
Attack, not back.
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by pmcjones 15y ago
I highly recommend an inexpensive desktop photo-oriented scanner, such as the Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner. With a list price of $200, it can handle prints, negatives, and transparencies (slides) at resolutions high enough to capture
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by pmcjones 15y ago
The entire book is posted here by permission of MIT Press: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/lisp15_fam...
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by pmcjones 15y ago
For the listing and internals documentation (by Knuth) for this compiler, see: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/algol58im...
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by pmcjones 18y ago
I'm the editor of the History of Lisp web site at the Computer History Museum. I'm sorry about the 404s, but if you email me, I will be happy to answer questions, and help you get involved. Paul McJones (paul at mcjones dot org)