Lisp

Java is going to have closures.
As you probably know, recently Java has incorpored annotations and templates into its syntax, and the combinations of both make Java more dinamic and in some way closer to the compiler behavor as Lisp macros do. Now, they are pretending to add closures. You can find the paper explaining their intentions here: h... 12 Sep 2006 18:15

help with numeric speed optimization
Hi. I have been challenged to "port" to CL the following (for now quite inaccurate) approximation of pi/2. Depending on the speed outcome, CL may get considered for the project that will be havy on mumeric computations. C++ code #include <iostream> #include <cmath> #include <ctime> static double piOver2(... 19 Aug 2006 11:41

static typing
I've been learning Lisp since about Februrary, and I've implemeted some small projects (~300 lines) in lisp. I've built up a small library of utility functions and macros so things are going well. But there is a nagging thought at the back of my head. I miss static typing of languages like SML and Haskell. Spe... 7 Aug 2006 21:06

Remote debugging
I've already read quite some times that one of the wonderful features of Lisp is the ability to debug an application that is running, by changing it's state and even definitions (macros, functions, objects and so on). It is a known anecdote, I think, that it has been done with the controlling system of a space devi... 9 Aug 2006 17:30

ITERATE vs LOOP - Popular opinion observation?
Joe Marshall wrote: Jonathon McKitrick wrote: It seems to me that popular opinion leans toward LOOP in favor of map and variants where either would apply Allow me to be the token knee-jerk anti-loopist. I hate LOOP. , for the following reasons, to mention a few: 1. LOOP is mor... 4 Aug 2006 09:51

You want Cells doc?
http://pycells.pdxcb.net/docs/ MWUAHAHAHAHAAAAAHHAHAHA... hth, kenny -- Cells: http://common-lisp.net/project/cells/ "I'll say I'm losing my grip, and it feels terrific." -- Smiling husband to scowling wife, New Yorker cartoon ... 30 Jul 2006 15:18

Economics
"Duncan Rose" <duncan.rose(a)jdwilliams.co.uk> wrote on 26 Jul 2006 13:1: As a thought experiment, perhaps we could consider where we'll be assuming that AI is a solved problem, and robots with capabilities exceeding our own actually exist -- who then will own the wealth? [...] Will we have the will and ... 3 Aug 2006 14:40

CLSQL ODBC domain login
I'm trying to connect to a remote MS SQL Server from CLSQL. I've downloaded and installed FreeTDS's drivers, and tsql seems to work. So when I try to connect with (connect '(<DSN> <username> <password>) :database-type :odbc) I get a login incorrect error. I typed in my username and password correctly, but I don... 25 Jul 2006 12:57

On writing test cases... (was Lisp comments)
Suppose you have (as I do) an application that generates multi-page pdf reports. How the heck do you write a test suite for this? ... 25 Jul 2006 21:28

What is a type error? [correction]
David Hopwood wrote: Darren New wrote: From what I can determine, the authors seem to imply that typestate is dataflow analysis modified in (at least) two ways: 1) When control flow joins, the new typestate is the intersection of typestates coming into the join, where as dataflow analysis doesn't... 18 Jul 2006 13:54