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https://github.com/davazp/jscl

unfortunately PSOS does not use the current version of parenscript. It is based on an older and modified version.

"Too many parentheses" is a cop out for "This language is too far out of my comfort zone." And I think that is why Lisp is not as successful as other languages. I also think the al…

1984 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

Interesting interview with Allan Klumpp (one of the programmers) http://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=ApolloComputer

the url changed http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2009/04/tail-recursion-elimi...

this one is particularly true: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion78.html

because smart scientific people are skeptics. It is tougher to resolve one's skepticism with religious beliefs than it is resolve with atheism. Interestingly, I have known several …

This is particularly true. Conformism is particularly strong in the black community. In college I had two good black friends. Both who grew up middle class and smart Both who were …

I always disagreed article with this because I did not experience this. My high school years were not painful and were a lot of fun, even though I was labelled a nerd, curve-buster…

Don't get your hopes up too much. Petrobras is a state run monopoly and has had a number of recent corruption scandals. Even though the price of oil has risen dramatically and Braz…

A second for Hungerford. Lang's Algebra is a horrible book. It was the course book in grad school but we all studied from Hungerford. Hungerford is very detailed with lots of proof…

I have lived in Brazil for 11 years and never heard of this company. You can check out their website: http://semco.locaweb.com.br/en/

"Startups need to identify their moat and build their company around it." Mixing up metaphors. I think you want to be inside the moat.

Just a clarification. I was referring to PG "On Lisp" as advanced. Not PCL. "On Lisp" is mostly about complex uses of macros. Hence the name -- programming "On" lisp instead of pro…

"On Lisp" is excellent but is an advanced text; I would advise against it as a first book. PG's Ansi Common Lisp is pretty good and I use it as a quick reference before I go to The…

I would suggest The Little Schemer to understand the concepts of Lisp/Scheme. I would read and digest this before any other lisp book. The book appears to be an easy read but it is…

The post is a year old and still has "Julias Ceasar" misspelled. A Nike-ish post with culture. Live-strong.

Struggling Societies, Urban Essence, Blue Collar Blackbone, Varying Lifestyles, Aspiring Contemporaries, Remote America, Rural Villages and Farms, Metro Fringe, American Diversity,…

BS Math CMU, MA Math UPenn. Both too long ago to matter anymore. A programmer and failed mathematician. On good days, a software developer. Never a computer scientist or software e…

You really need to learn Math by doing it there really is no other way. Books are really just references and guides and can give you good problems to work from. Either find a frien…

From what I remember from Cognitive Psych class of late Bill Chase (CMU) 25 years ago. (great class because I still remember lots of it): Chess Masters divide a chess board into 6-…