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a tuple critique (was Re: values vs. list vs. CPS) 14 23 (4/1/2005 7:33:58 AM) comp.lang.scheme I am realizing that I am bothered by two essential things with the tuple-for-functions idea: the special behaviour of a 1-arg lambda, and problems of tuples being first class. As I understand it, the "all func... Ray

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If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it? 593 146 (7/19/2009 3:51:26 PM) comp.lang.lisp I was unable to find anything on this group regarding this issue... MIT is replacing Scheme by Python in its famous SICS course: "Why MIT now uses python instead of scheme for its undergraduate CS program Tu... alewando9477 (47)

Naming convention to identify functions with side effects 23 27 (9/29/2008 6:17:42 PM) comp.lang.ada Hello every body out there, Do some one know a commonly used or at least a good, naming convention to identify functions with side effects ? ... yannick_duchene (1758)

Was there a schism between R4RS and R5RS? 58 29 (10/6/2008 1:58:13 PM) comp.lang.scheme Lately I've been trying to read more about people's arguments both for and against R6RS, and in the process of doing so, I've ended up reading a lot about people's take on R4RS. From what I can gather, R4RS is... grettke (456)

implementing non local returns in C++ 32 13 (10/11/2008 10:05:31 AM) comp.lang.scheme hi all, can anyone suggest any resources or tricks helpful for implementing tail calls and continuations in a Scheme interpreter built using C++? C tricks such as setjmp/longjmp and stack manipulations won't... raromaunga (2)

ANN: Descot, Decentralized Scheme Code Tracker -- Library Repository 36 29 (4/23/2009 4:14:24 AM) comp.lang.scheme Some of you may recall my comments about what a good solution to the lack of a central library repository for Scheme systems should look like. PLT has PlaneT and Chicken has their eggs, but these are both r... arcfide (659)

rip erik naggum 199 79 (6/20/2009 3:08:25 PM) comp.lang.lisp maybe old news on this group, but saw this float by on HN http://twitter.com/kjetilv/status/2251766884 bummer. \p --- Wit is educated insolence. - Aristotle ... weasel (4)

Advice on handling multiple return values? 14 25 (7/2/2009 4:20:37 PM) comp.lang.scheme Hello, I'm wrapping some C functions using FFI and I'd like to know how would you deal with functions which either fail or return more than one value. Currently I'm using "values" and "let-values" like this: ... egarrulo (222)

Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3? 341 121 (7/18/2009 2:19:40 PM) comp.programming Hi folks! I'm a CS student and I often need to write number-crunching code dealing with combinatorial optimization problems. What I do usually is implementing ad-hoc algorithms and testing their performance ... a.tavs.NOSPAM (1)

The Illusion of Static Typing 60 30 (9/23/2009 7:00:10 AM) comp.lang.lisp You know, c.l.l, I can't tell you how much disdain I have for static languages. Don't get me wrong, I don't *hate* them, because they really conjure very little emotion in me at all... I just don't see how they... jlc.lars.cohen (1)

Is CL good at Text Processing? 77 29 (8/3/2009 7:20:59 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi all I have heard that Perl is a very excellent language for text processing. I want to know that if Cl is also good at text processing? Thanks! ... jdxyw2004 (126)