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Optimizing simple Common Lisp gibbs sampler program 28 26 (6/2/2012 8:25:35 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, I think this is my first post to comp.lang.lisp. I recently posted the following question to StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10813398/optimizing-simple-common-lisp-gibbs-sampler-pro... Faheem

regular expression question (re module) 4 14 (10/11/2008 8:30:24 PM) comp.lang.python Hi, I need to match a string of the form capital_letter underscore capital_letter number against a string of the form anything capital_letter underscore capital_letter number some_stuff_not_starting with a ... Faheem

python string comparison oddity 6 8 (6/18/2008 7:26:57 PM) comp.lang.python Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is' checks if the object is the same. However, in that case, why this inconsistency for short strings? I would expect a 'F... Faheem

Attaching a letter to an article 0 10 (4/6/2008 11:24:52 PM) comp.text.tex Hi everyone, I'd like to write a cover letter (using latex letter format) to a latex document in article format. The two kind of belong together, so I was wondering if there was any latex trick to attach the t... Faheem

two network cards on a server 1 36 (4/18/2007 8:24:31 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Hi everyone, I've got a Linux server on which there are two network cards. One of the network cards has been configured, and has been running satisfactorily for a while. I recently plugged in the other network... Faheem

compile error with Boost Function object and templated function (Intel C++ compiler) 2 50 (8/26/2006 6:20:28 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, The following bit of code compiles fine with gcc 3.3 or later, but has problems with the Intel C++ compiler version 9.1, which produces the following error message. Is this a compiler bug, or is there som... Faheem

problem with switch 1 11 (8/6/2006 6:31:59 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Hello everyone, I've recently encountered an odd problem with a switch and a Dell PC running Debian. I'm using it on a cable modem. When I plug the machine directly into the cable modem, I can get on the net (... Faheem

putting proofs of theorem in appendix 7 15 (7/28/2006 6:45:48 PM) comp.text.tex Dear People, I have some theorems in a paper whose proofs I want to move to an appendix. The problem with this is that I need the repeated statement of the theorem in the appendix to have the same number as t... Faheem

puzzlement about classmethod 2 16 (6/24/2006 7:25:29 PM) comp.lang.python Hi, Consider the following small script. My understanding of how this works is that, conceptually, class B holds a separate copy of variable x from class A. Nearly everything behaves the way I would expect, ... Faheem

template instantiation syntax 1 39 (10/30/2005 5:53:54 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, On the net, I found the following article, http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2097.asp describing a generic factory class. My question is about one of the links pointed to by the article, n... Faheem

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touchpads in Linux 2 37 (9/20/2003 3:11:18 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware Dear people, I'm trying to find a good touchpad (as a standalone device) to use with Linux in the place of a regular mouse. After spending quite a lot of time surfing the web, I am more confused than ever. Th... faheem (35)

creating indivisible verbatim blocks 3 27 (2/2/2004 8:09:59 PM) comp.text.tex Dear People, I have the following need. I have a document which is mostly verbatim text and divides naturally into blocks. I don't want LaTeX to break these `natural' blocks across pages. What is the best and/... faheem (35)

integer type conversion problem/question 11 20 (10/9/2004 6:50:20 AM) comp.lang.python Hi, I'm not sure what would be more appropriate, so I'm ccing it to both alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ and comp.lang.python, with followup to alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++. While working with a random number generato... faheem (35)

template instantiation syntax 1 39 (10/30/2005 5:53:54 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, On the net, I found the following article, http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2097.asp describing a generic factory class. My question is about one of the links pointed to by the article, n... faheem (35)

compile error with Boost Function object and templated function (Intel C++ compiler) 2 50 (8/26/2006 6:20:28 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, The following bit of code compiles fine with gcc 3.3 or later, but has problems with the Intel C++ compiler version 9.1, which produces the following error message. Is this a compiler bug, or is there som... faheem (35)

python string comparison oddity 6 8 (6/18/2008 7:26:57 PM) comp.lang.python Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is' checks if the object is the same. However, in that case, why this inconsistency for short strings? I would expect a 'F... faheem (35)

Optimizing simple Common Lisp gibbs sampler program 28 26 (6/2/2012 8:25:35 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, I think this is my first post to comp.lang.lisp. I recently posted the following question to StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10813398/optimizing-simple-common-lisp-gibbs-sampler-pro... faheem (35)