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access to file attributes via inode 5 16 (1/30/2013 1:50:42 PM) comp.lang.c This is a listing named testinode.c: 1 #include 2 #include 3 int main() 4 { 5 char filename[256] = "test.txt"; 6 struct stat filestat; 7 stat(filename, &filestat); 8 printf("st_ino is... cartercc

including a Perl script in a C executable 7 18 (1/22/2013 3:11:52 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I have a small C program that displays file attributes, essentially running= the stat command and emitting the output to the console. This morning, I have a new requirement -- to nicely format the output, ... ccc31807

best way to make a few changes in a large data file 21 36 (1/8/2013 4:25:36 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc My big data file looks like this: 1,al 2,becky 3,carl 4,debbie 5,ed 6,frieda .... for perhaps 200K or 300k lines My change file looks like this: 5, edward .... for perhaps ten or twelve lines My ... ccc31807

simple, terse reference to nested hash values in Common Lisp 23 41 (12/26/2012 4:53:02 AM) comp.lang.lisp In Perl, if you have a nested hash, you can get a particular value by doing this: $nested_hash{$key1}{$key2} gets the value. In Python, you can do nestedHash[key1][key2] gets the appropriate value. Is th... ccc31807

form submission to two pages (Perl, CGI, JavaScript) 2 26 (12/17/2012 7:24:29 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I have a rather long list, perhaps named 'list_presidents' that allows user= s to update single records. It might look like this, with the convention th= at [[input text][submit N]] is an HTML form: 1 | Ge... ccc31807

another conumdrum, returning from a bottom with something not a list 2 18 (12/6/2012 3:59:43 AM) comp.lang.lisp Here are two functions, get-rankings and rank-position, that SUPPOSEDLY recurse through a tree and return either a winner or the result of the goodness function at the leaves. I've bashed away at this for ... ccc31807

sockets with SBCL and sb-bsd-sockets 2 22 (12/5/2012 6:07:28 PM) comp.lang.lisp If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't need to make this post, but I don't know what I'm doing, therefore I'm making this post. This relates to communication between two machines. Here is some code I shamele... ccc31807

idiomatic lisp style, dealing with local variables 6 19 (12/4/2012 10:12:07 PM) comp.lang.lisp Okay, I'm now spending about an hour a day writing real lisp, enough so that the non-obvious questions come up. Below, I have copied four variables that I use, two functions, SUM-CDR and GOODNESS-1, and example... ccc31807

destructively changing the cdr of a sublist in a function 11 26 (11/9/2012 4:31:38 PM) comp.lang.lisp This question is related to the one I asked the other day about summing list elements. Suppose you have a data structure that looks like this: (defparameter list-1 '((0 . 2)(1 . 3)(2 . 4)(3 . 0))) I want... ccc31807

summing list elements that meet a criterion 10 27 (11/7/2012 8:33:16 PM) comp.lang.lisp It's after 3:00 p.m. I came in this morning with a simple problem to solve = and have spent about half the day on it with mediocre results. I would appr= eciate some pointers. (defparameter list-1 '((0 . 2... ccc31807

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idiomatic lisp style, dealing with local variables 6 19 (12/4/2012 10:12:07 PM) comp.lang.lisp Okay, I'm now spending about an hour a day writing real lisp, enough so that the non-obvious questions come up. Below, I have copied four variables that I use, two functions, SUM-CDR and GOODNESS-1, and example... cartercc (419)

another conumdrum, returning from a bottom with something not a list 2 18 (12/6/2012 3:59:43 AM) comp.lang.lisp Here are two functions, get-rankings and rank-position, that SUPPOSEDLY recurse through a tree and return either a winner or the result of the goodness function at the leaves. I've bashed away at this for ... cartercc (419)

Company web-site (all perl CGI) re-design, suggestions? 2 28 (12/17/2012 2:24:00 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc The in-house web-site is about twenty pages. Most of the pages are the front end to perl programs that perform various tasks. The index page at the base URL contains links to each of the other pages. The pag... justin.1211 (11)

simple, terse reference to nested hash values in Common Lisp 23 41 (12/26/2012 4:53:02 AM) comp.lang.lisp In Perl, if you have a nested hash, you can get a particular value by doing this: $nested_hash{$key1}{$key2} gets the value. In Python, you can do nestedHash[key1][key2] gets the appropriate value. Is th... cartercc (419)

CGI Question #2 76 173 (12/29/2012 4:55:31 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Question: What type permissions should be assigned to different types of CGI files and directories? A Perl language CGI Internet Bulletin Board program is being developed for use at one of my Web... edgrsprj (81)

Date in CSV/TSV question 25 40 (1/1/2013 11:56:14 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I have a Tab Separated File of roughly 1000 likes with the first fields like "07 Jan 2011" "TFR" "05 Jan 2011" "DR" I need change the first field to look like 2011-01-07 "TFR" 2011-01-05 "DR"... nospam198 (103)

best way to make a few changes in a large data file 21 36 (1/8/2013 4:25:36 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc My big data file looks like this: 1,al 2,becky 3,carl 4,debbie 5,ed 6,frieda .... for perhaps 200K or 300k lines My change file looks like this: 5, edward .... for perhaps ten or twelve lines My ... cartercc (419)

Rehabilitating bad Perl code 7 28 (1/8/2013 7:37:57 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I have inherited some code which has uses several horrible constructs, such as splicing together completely unrelated assignments and statements with commas, like $foo = 1, $bar = 2, print "This is ho... news192 (134)

including a Perl script in a C executable 7 18 (1/22/2013 3:11:52 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I have a small C program that displays file attributes, essentially running= the stat command and emitting the output to the console. This morning, I have a new requirement -- to nicely format the output, ... cartercc (419)

access to file attributes via inode 5 16 (1/30/2013 1:50:42 PM) comp.lang.c This is a listing named testinode.c: 1 #include 2 #include 3 int main() 4 { 5 char filename[256] = "test.txt"; 6 struct stat filestat; 7 stat(filename, &filestat); 8 printf("st_ino is... cartercc (419)