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Daniel Weinreb Died ((1959 ~ 2012) Lisp Programer) 15 37 (9/8/2012 10:25:21 AM) comp.lang.lisp Daniel Weinreb Died ((1959 ~ 2012) Lisp Programer) http://ergoemacs.org/misc/Daniel_Weinreb_died.html plain text version follows ------------------------------ Daniel Weinreb died today. Cancer. Aged ... Xah

Why I Hate C 21 74 (7/14/2012 1:38:10 AM) comp.lang.lisp =E3=80=88Programing: Why I Hate C=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.info/comp/why_i_hate_C_lang.html for your amusement. ------------------------- I despise C the language, not because of particular technical as... Xah

Controversy of Common Lisp Package in Emacs Lisp 0 39 (7/6/2012 3:20:00 PM) comp.lang.lisp =E3=80=88Controversy of Common Lisp Package in Emacs Lisp=E3=80=89 http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_common_lisp_in_emacs.html probably of interest to many of you. plain text version follows. -------------... Xah

Lisp Syntax Readable? 6 30 (7/5/2012 1:32:01 PM) comp.lang.lisp Lisp Syntax Readable? lisp syntax is really unreadable. 10 years ago, i thought it's more of a joke for those uninitiated. But then surely the basic fact of uniformity is a problem for reading (because in ... Xah

News: Microsoft doesn't support Linux Features! 3 32 (6/29/2012 4:25:10 PM) comp.lang.lisp in every opportunity, the Open Source or FSF fanatics will spread FUD and hatred about Microsoft. You can see it in lots places, such as slashdot, reddit, unix programing docs, even Wikipedia. Here's a exa... Xah

a key system to replace gnu emacs's 1000 default keybindings 6 32 (5/22/2012 7:18:41 PM) comp.lang.lisp haha, yes the subject line is right. my first voice blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-sXu4pf67i8 =E3=80=88The Roadmap to Completely Replace Emacs's Key System=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_keyb... Xah

Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days 6 49 (4/28/2012 9:55:42 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kic... Xah

John Carmack glorifying functional programing in 3k words 6 37 (4/27/2012 2:11:06 AM) comp.lang.lisp John Carmack glorifying functional programing in 3k words http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2012/04/26/functional-programming-in-c/ where was he ten years ago? O, and btw, i heard that Common Lispers don't do fu... Xah

A Design Pattern Question for Functional Programers 1 56 (4/18/2012 11:45:30 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Functional programing is getting the presses in mainstream. I ran across this dialogue where a imperative coder was trying to get into functional programing: A: What are the design patterns that help structu... Xah

Emacs Lisp vs Perl: Validate Local File Links 1 49 (4/13/2012 5:35:32 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc =E3=80=88Emacs Lisp vs Perl: Validate Local File Links=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/emacs/elisp_vs_perl_validate_links.html a comparison of 2 scripts. lots code, so i won't paste plain text version here. i hav... Xah

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Re: the "loop" macro #2 5 34 (5/12/2012 8:05:30 AM) comp.lang.lisp Kent M. Pitman wrote: > The reason some people don't like it is simple syntax--it's not grouped. > Something like > (loop for i from 0 to 100 for j from 3 for z in z-list do (something)) > ought, some say,... w_a_x_man (2778)

a key system to replace gnu emacs's 1000 default keybindings 6 32 (5/22/2012 7:18:41 PM) comp.lang.lisp haha, yes the subject line is right. my first voice blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-sXu4pf67i8 =E3=80=88The Roadmap to Completely Replace Emacs's Key System=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_keyb... xahlee (818)

Daniel Weinreb Died ((1959 ~ 2012) Lisp Programer) 15 37 (9/8/2012 10:25:21 AM) comp.lang.lisp Daniel Weinreb Died ((1959 ~ 2012) Lisp Programer) http://ergoemacs.org/misc/Daniel_Weinreb_died.html plain text version follows ------------------------------ Daniel Weinreb died today. Cancer. Aged ... xahlee (818)

Is Programing Art or Science? 24 49 (3/30/2012 8:27:16 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc the refreshen of the blood, from Xah's Entertainment Enterprise, i bring you: =E3=80=88Is Programing Art or Science=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/art_or_science.html penned in the year of o... xahlee (818)

lisp read-from-minibuffer propels deep questions 3 43 (4/3/2012 2:01:18 AM) comp.lang.lisp slightly frustrated with emacs lisp read-from-minibuffer. Spent now about a hour on this. what i want i simple, like this: (read-from-minibuffer (format "Directory (default %s):" default-directory) default-... xahlee (818)

the meaning of lisperati and emacsen 5 34 (4/3/2012 9:32:41 PM) comp.lang.lisp Lisperati means lispers, lisp coders. however, i just tried to google it for some definite confirmation. I think i read it in the 1990s from The Jargon File or LISP FAQ in newsgroup. Strange, didn't find it a... xahlee (818)

NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 10 April 2012 Lisp NYC: Rocky Bernstein on Large Scale Software Development with Elisp 1 44 (4/8/2012 5:29:21 AM) comp.lang.scheme Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:48:09 -0400 From: Heow Goodman To: LispNYC , lisp-annou...@lispnyc.org Subject: Lisp Meeting, April 10th at Meetup Join us Tuesday, April 10th, 7:00 to 9:00 at Meetup HQ (632 ... secretary (829)

f python? 50 40 (4/8/2012 11:11:20 AM) comp.lang.lisp hi guys, sorry am feeling a bit prolifit lately. today's show, is: =E3=80=88Fuck Python=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/comp/fuck_python.html ------------------------------------ Fuck Python By Xah Lee, 2012-04-... xahlee (818)

Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days 6 49 (4/28/2012 9:55:42 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kic... xahlee (818)

Re: Extended loop macro 6 36 (5/11/2012 2:59:11 AM) comp.lang.lisp Antonio Menezes Leitao wrote: > Edi Weitz writes: > > (loop with scheme-char-seen-p = nil > > for c across string > > when (or (char-not-greaterp #\a c #\z) > > (digit-char-p c)... w_a_x_man (2778)