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robertjflong

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About robertjflong

My email address is my username at gmail.

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    Comment #10027818

    Debug.Trace -> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.0.0.0/docs/Debug-T... Whenever you want to see the value of x, replace it with traceShow x x

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    Comment #7694388

    My lang/lisplike frontend to ruby: http://i.imgur.com/BeHMsTx.png Screenshot is a snippet from a static site generator I built with it, the project lives here: https://github.com/b…

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    Comment #7580956

    :) http://i.imgur.com/kcrt5iJ.png Working on my toy functional language in Ruby [1]. Gives constant-space recursion, true higher orderism and homoiconicity in a Ruby environment. I…

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    Comment #7086207

    Don't fear the macro! "Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material" - Alan Kay. Lisp is an opportunity to build a DSL that fits any given problem domain elegantly.

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    Ask HN: Can I visit your UK startup?

    Hi! I'm a Dublin-based developer with a side-project. I'm planning a trip to the UK and would love the opportunity to meet other startups, see how they tick, and maybe trade demos …

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    Comment #4770567

    You understand a usage of monads well, ie. using them to handle failing error states. However, in practice they are also used to deal with other side-effecting functionality such a…

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    Comment #4642039

    Covered in a few different classes, but in detail as part of the two Concurrent Systems modules: https://scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/computer-science/js/#CS301...

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    Comment #4577356

    Consulting is a path I am interested in. Do you mind describing how you got to where you are? (Email would be fine if you prefer)

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    Comment #4522928

    I'm new to this site, but hopefully I can give some insight. I'm in Ireland and I'm in my fourth year of CS, but I've also worked at some startups because they frankly aren't mutua…