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by pwpwp 14y ago
I view that as Linus' rhetorical technique for conveying that he really means what he says.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
biwascheme> (call-with-current-continuation (lambda (k) (k 12))) => 12 It's based on Dybvig's "Three Implementation Models for Scheme" http://www.cs.unm.edu/~williams/cs491/three-imp.pdf
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by pwpwp 14y ago
Could you try your code in some other JS-based Schemes for comparison, e.g. http://www.biwascheme.org/ ?
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by pwpwp 14y ago
wat?
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by pwpwp 14y ago
> forcing the entire ecosystem to be async too You say that like it's a good thing. I'd much rather have the choice between async and sync.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
There should be a simple rule: if your site/app presents any data chronologically, there has to be an RSS/Atom feed for it.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
Can you please stop calling him Naggu n ?
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by pwpwp 14y ago
Naggu m 's the name.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
The old one had character.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
Great post. The whole blog looks very interesting.
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The Essence of Dynamic Typing(daniel.yokomizo.org)
11 points by pwpwp 14y ago|5 comments
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by pwpwp 14y ago
(OT) I can't take someone seriously who sends himself kudos for hovering over a widget.
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by pwpwp 14y ago
I don't know. The cryptographer Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn keeps cryptographic capabilities in his browser bookmarks, too. http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg107...
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by pwpwp 14y ago
CL, and its object system particularly, specifies a lot of extensibility and sometimes hilarious dynamicity with exacting detail. E.g. you can subclass a class that doesn't even exist yet (!) CL-USER> (defclass foo (bar) ()) #&#60
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by pwpwp 14y ago
"First thing I'd say to Brin, if you're sincere in your concern for the open web, why aren't you leading it?" -- Dave Winer https://twitter.com/#!/davewiner/status/191579280034103296
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by pwpwp 14y ago
Have you talked to them?
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by pwpwp 14y ago
It's a question of whether a program using Meteor is to be considered a "derived work". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Link...
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by pwpwp 14y ago
(lambda args body) is not the same as ($vau args env body), because the latter doesn't evaluate its operands. Lambda in Kernel is defined as follows: ($define! $lambda ($vau (formals . body) env (wrap (eval (list* $vau form
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by pwpwp 14y ago
"The metacircular interpreter of Kernel can't compete with McCarthy's version." First, it doesn't cover macros, while Kernel subsumes functions and hygienic macros with a single construct. Second, I don't think a toy version of a Kernel me
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by pwpwp 15y ago
One of the most interesting things re diffing/VC I've seen in a while is "Towards Structural Version Control" https://www.cs.indiana.edu/~yw21/slides/ydiff-slides.pdf
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by pwpwp 15y ago
What I find interesting is that there's no mention of "organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful".
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by pwpwp 15y ago
I prefer tail-call elimination .
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by pwpwp 15y ago
I've hit the same wall - alert() is the only thing you can do. Another option are continuations, but as you've said, they require interpretation. My current bet is JS debugger APIs. I think they should be able to pause a program (and do stu
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Before I use Branch(scripting.com)
4 points by pwpwp 15y ago|0 comments
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by pwpwp 15y ago
Ahead of the curve? Other Lisps stopped using commas half a century ago.
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by pwpwp 15y ago
Friggin' meta
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by pwpwp 15y ago
My thoughts exactly. Very bad response, indeed.
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by pwpwp 15y ago
Reminds me of: "In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be." http://www.cs.yale.edu/quotes.html
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by pwpwp 15y ago
Now it really looks like the Swedish flag.
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by pwpwp 15y ago
Try scrolling down a web page very quickly and see if you can glean some info from it.

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