robertjflong

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by robertjflong 11y ago
Debug.Trace -> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.0.0.0/docs/Debug-T... Whenever you want to see the value of x, replace it with traceShow x x
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by robertjflong 12y ago
My lang/lisplike frontend to ruby: http://i.imgur.com/BeHMsTx.png Screenshot is a snippet from a static site generator I built with it, the project lives here: https://github.com/bobjflong/drog_lis
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by robertjflong 12y ago
:) http://i.imgur.com/kcrt5iJ.png Working on my toy functional language in Ruby [1]. Gives constant-space recursion, true higher orderism and homoiconicity in a Ruby environment. I've used it to create a static site ge
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by robertjflong 13y ago
Don't fear the macro! "Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material" - Alan Kay. Lisp is an opportunity to build a DSL that fits any given problem domain elegantly.
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Ask HN: Can I visit your UK startup?
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by robertjflong 14y ago
You understand a usage of monads well, ie. using them to handle failing error states. However, in practice they are also used to deal with other side-effecting functionality such as state, IO, etc. If I was you, I'd look up the Monad instan
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by robertjflong 14y ago
Covered in a few different classes, but in detail as part of the two Concurrent Systems modules: https://scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/computer-science/js/#CS301...
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by robertjflong 14y ago
Consulting is a path I am interested in. Do you mind describing how you got to where you are? (Email would be fine if you prefer)
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by robertjflong 14y ago
I'm new to this site, but hopefully I can give some insight. I'm in Ireland and I'm in my fourth year of CS, but I've also worked at some startups because they frankly aren't mutually exclusive. I've had the pleasure of working with both se