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Are cache-lines dirtied by writing the same value? 4 90 (11/26/2004 11:06:34 AM) comp.arch When programming a garbage collector, I find myself sequentially scanning large blocks of memory while reading and updating many (if not all) locations. However, often (roughly 95%) the updated value will be id... Frode

x86 stack-frame to stack-frame move #2 4 112 (2/19/2004 6:54:41 PM) comp.lang.asm.x86 [I posted this first in comp.arch, and someone suggested I might ask this question here on comp.lang.asm.x86.] >From a (recent) x86 compiler perspective, what's the best way to copy one stack-frame location to... Frode

x86 stack-frame to stack-frame move 11 100 (2/18/2004 11:07:40 AM) comp.arch From a (recent) x86 compiler perspective, what's the best way to copy one stack-frame location to another? For example, to copy location (ebp -8) to (ebp -12): mov eax (ebp -8) mov (ebp -12) eax Now, assu... Frode

Announce: Movitz x86 OS platform 0 37 (1/14/2004 9:31:01 AM) comp.lang.lisp As mentioned here in cll a couple of times, I've been working on a platform for OS development with Common Lisp on x86 systems, now named "Movitz". I've now set it up as a project at common-lisp.net. The full U... Frode

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equal test hash-tables vs nested hash tables 9 32 (3/3/2008 11:04:52 PM) comp.lang.lisp Does anyone have any insight into which is more efficient when the number of elements in the sequence keys is constant? E.g. (gethash '(foo bar) hash) vs (gethash 'bar (gethash 'foo hash)). I have a function I... akopa.gmane.poster (114)

Strings and symbols 26 27 (3/26/2008 7:17:21 PM) comp.lang.lisp Are there any ways to manipulate symbols analogously to what can be done with strings? I mean, for instance, is it possible to concatenate two symbols like 'my and 'sum into 'mysum like you can with strings as ... rocco.rossi (103)

AIF and scoping problem (I think) 3 52 (3/28/2008 12:02:57 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, I'm trying to use a version of Paul Graham's aif, specifically the one below: (defmacro aif (test-form then-form &optional else-form (pred nil predp)) "Anaphoric IF: Binds the symbol `it' to the value... rswarbrick1 (81)

Newbie FAQ #2: Where's the GUI? 53 30 (4/1/2008 6:23:56 PM) comp.lang.lisp I know this is a FAQ, but I still don't have any answers, at least answers that I like. But let me ask it in the most vulgar way possible, with blunt observations: Where's the GUI? * McCLIM is a wart. If som... jgardner (198)

Python's __getattr__, Perl's autoload, Ruby's method_missing, and Smalltalk's #doesNotUnderstand 27 48 (4/2/2008 6:20:59 PM) comp.lang.lisp I'm still new here, and I just completed reading CLTL's documentation on packages and On Lisp's documentation on CLOS. It doesn't appear that Lisp has the equivalent of Python's __getattr__, Perl's autoload, R... jgardner (198)

defconstant in SBCL 31 43 (4/17/2008 5:53:55 PM) comp.lang.lisp http://www.sbcl.org/manual/Defining-Constants.html (defconstant +foo+ "bar") does not work in SBCL: ---- ANSI says that doing defconstant of the same symbol more than once is undefined unless the new value... udodenko (1040)

Interprocess communication in the Symbolics OS? 14 38 (6/14/2009 10:45:33 PM) comp.lang.lisp I've seen macrokernels, microkernels, and even exokernels, but never a no-kernel system (unless you count Forth). So I've been taking a look at Genera, which is normally cited as a prime example of such a syste... wendellxe (18)

generate :writer but provide :reader method 4 37 (6/24/2009 11:31:19 AM) comp.lang.lisp Is it possible to let CLOS create a writer function for me while I provide my own reader with the same name? The following doesn't work: (defclass message () ((timestamp :initform "" :initarg :timestamp :wri... philip.armitage (169)

How to iterate to access each digit in a number? 4 37 (8/27/2009 8:56:52 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi Do you have any good idea to access each digit in a number? Here is my solution. (let ((numberstr (format nil "~a" num ))) (loop for i from 0 to (- (length numberstr ) 1) do somethi... jdxyw2004 (126)

which library to generate xml with namespaces? 10 141 (6/18/2010 2:31:31 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello, I need to generate xml tags of the following type: i.e. with the xmlns namespace. Which library can do that (cl-who does not seem to be able to)? Thanks, Mirko ... mirko.vukovic (404)