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A Pattern Repository for Parallel Programming
Monday, December 21, 2009
Here is a repository for parallel programming patterns. (via pinku)
The Bipolar Lisp Programmer
Monday, December 21, 2009
Ben referred us to this article (cached here) in the midst of a discussion about, among other things, why there is still no FFI in the Scheme standard. That article is really interesting. What did you think about it?
Conway’s Law
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Conway’s Law is not intended to be a joke or nasty witticism: …organizations which design systems … are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. – Melvin Conway (via Fare via Wikipedia)
Elastic tabstops
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The argument: Code an in editor should be dynamically formatted using something like intelligent table-based layouts. Seems like an OK idea. Read about it here.
A Few N900 Coding Tutorials
Saturday, September 26, 2009
There are currently 4 tutorials on writing different kinds of apps here. (via reddit).
Mitch Wand Symposium Slides are Up
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Most of the slides from the Mitchfest talks are now available; linked here. (via the little calculist)
When it Comes to R7RS; R6RS Users are Quiet
Friday, September 25, 2009
R6RS users don’t seem to have much to say about R7RS. Most R6RS users seem to happy with Scheme and busy using it rather than worrying about how it should be split into two parts (little and big).
Tail Recursion is a Brain Hack Not a Compiler Hack
Monday, September 21, 2009
A few months ago this last-in-a-thread-of-posts generated a lot of buzz. In it, the creator of the Python programming language shared his views about how tail-recursion does not belong in Python. The only problem with the post(s) was that he, admittedly, did not understand tail-recursion. This course of events, the blog posts, comments, and aftermath, [...]
Serious Statistics Programs Pay for the Fun Ones
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Here is an article that explains how one of the four co-founders of SAS, a statistician, has an awesome job where the serious product (SAS) pays for him to develop the fun product (JMP). Note: That is an understatement, as it probably would pay for him to stare at the ocean for the rest of [...]