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A Web 2.0 rainbow table using Node.js and Redis.

When embarking on a new project, I often have trouble deciding between Lisp with its flexible macros and Haskell with its robust type system goodness. Does anyone else do this (e.g…

Thanks! That one's at https://github.com/mcandre/scriptedmain/blob/master/scripted... and https://github.com/mcandre/scriptedmain/blob/master/test.js

This behavior is very hard to Google. For now, I'm calling it "scripted main" and I'm cataloging it for several programming languages. Ruby: if __FILE__ == $0 then main end Perl: u…

It didn't work for me at all, unfortunately. Example: The Allegro CL version included is so old that Allegro refuses to license it.

SICP isn't as entertaining, but it's a classic. http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ Also, The Scheme Programming Language. http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/

I started reading Practical Common Lisp. It took me two whole days to setup a CL system: Emacs, SLIME, CLISP, Quicklisp. The syntax is riddled with intricacies: LET or LET* or FLET…

I've always wanted to turn an old PC into a networked jukebox. Usually, I leave the current OS on it and use it for development testing. A firewall would be good, but don't forget …

YelloSoft http://yellosoft.us/ I complain about the very same thing. There hasn't been a lot of development effort for building anything cross-platform. Out of fifty LISP implement…