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troll, perhaps? gave me a laugh

You're right. I meant to say passing first-class functions as arguments, rather than pointers to functions as you would in C or an object method as you would in Java.

Yes. Google walmart "moving pennies" and click on the first result

If it ain't got macros, then it ain't a Lisp. Javascript is definitely no Lisp, but I really like that it allows function composition, which is somehow reminiscent of a Lisp. f(g(h…

To quote Douglas Crockford on JavaScript, "Lisp in C's Clothing"

This is brilliant in its simplicity. It would be very feasible to implement on a single web server, but what are some ways to extend it into a protocol? If multiple servers mirror …

The source code is well commented

I wonder if this means more DRM is on its way to Ubuntu.

Most people just browse to web. If you want a shell, it's way easier to use a linux thinkpad that has a proper keyboard and proper OS, as opposed to an iPad. But that's not to say …

Thank you for posting this to HN.

I'll second that. Strang's book is by far my favorite introductory math book. He addresses fundamentals quite well, and gives good treatment to applications such as linear programm…

I've no doubt they can monetize it, but I suspect there'll be "traffic forwarding" libraries popping up on Github, if this idea takes off

Secret Apple undercover propaganda blog!

People just use Bing to search for porn so Google can't see that. Then they use Google for pretty much everything else, which is not much.

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