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minhm

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    Comment #44856274

    An alternative way would be pressing M-. (assuming one is using Readline for typing text in the shell, which is the default for my bash shell).

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    Comment #37121135

    > the impermanence of all things in life seems pointless and makes me sad Wouldn't impermanence itself be impermanent then so we won't need be bothered by it too much?

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    Comment #37106540

    "split-string" works well for this situation but for a case where there are commas inside some of the strings it would chop in the middle of those strings. So for the latter case a…

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    Comment #36548521

    Beautiful (parenthese tree), powerful, energy efficient ( http://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pape... ), standardized, battle-tested, and with a glorious past, …

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    Comment #36193131

    > we'd give them a cup for that delicious sugar cane, then they'd pour it in a plastic cup Perhaps it's for ensuring consistency (of product volume, ratio of ingredients, etc) for …

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    Comment #28966488

    > but then you're the only one that knows your language This only applies if the language implementation is complex, the language syntax is unlike anything in existence, and the la…

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    Comment #28506282

    If by "this domain" you mean "strong type-checking", I guess it is because the CL's feature of on the fly introspection/debugging/modification is not as emphasized in some static t…

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    Comment #27038867

    > macros are bolted on As I understand it, macro is at a metalanguage level above the current code (eg. C macros vs C "normal" codes). In lisp, this metalanguage is in lisp forms, …

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    Comment #25502022

    > much of the things that made Lisp attractive before are already available in Python, Java, etc. and I see no "enlightment" in learning Lisp. I have not found englightenment eithe…

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    Comment #25493997

    Perhaps those who misunderstand you also lack the cognitive empathy towards you!? (edit: removed the phrase "your unintentional enemies" from my sentence above)

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    Comment #25451860

    magit is a good alternative, it's not exactly a TUI because it works entirely inside emacs Emacs also has TUI (when running in the Linux terminal or run `emacs -nw') so magit shoul…

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    Comment #25340814

    The efficiency of developing software on GNU/Linux. (edit: rewording)

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    Comment #24927962

    Emacs/slime.

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    Comment #24927960

    Try: === (package-install 'paren-face) (global-paren-face-mode 1) (custom-set-faces '(parenthesis ((t (:foreground "gray50")))))) === (edit: formatting)

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    Comment #24898406

    > I believe it's also 1 or 2 shortcuts, thanks to the IDE's understanding of the language syntax, unless I misunderstood your scenario? I have not seen transposing, merging, splitt…

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    Comment #24897272

    > it's the useless (unless you write an AST-rewriting macro) structure In a good JS editor, how many key combinations and mouse clicks are required to jumping into, jumping out of,…

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