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rmprescott

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    Comment #27995031

    >Now I think I can explain tail call optimization via an escalator analogy. Circular, "Penrose Stairs" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs ) might be a better extension …

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    Comment #18635211

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv n-dimensional spreadsheet with a logical data model (including hierarchies) rather than rows and columns: Net Worth := Assets - Liabiliti…

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    Comment #13161939

    perhaps you should change your Amazon password...

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    Comment #11556460

    Two simple suggestions: The author mentioned reading in files with x "number of lines". If they are then parsing the lines into some structured format, there are likely many opport…

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    Comment #8113339

    The two are uncorrelated.

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    Comment #8113332

    Then you haven't really absorbed the value of the prior posts.

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    Comment #4554279

    > How long will there be computer science departments? Um...isn't that a form of the Halting Problem? ;D

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    Comment #4522204

    >How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky? just once

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    Comment #1914780

    Your Money or Your Life; Dominquez, Robin

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    Comment #1808345

    Future History series - Heinlein Known Space series - Niven Uplift series - Brin Dune series - Herbert Mars trilogy - Robinson