not only was RadioShack the only computer store in town, but they also helped open up the IBM platform by selling the Tandy computer (produced by their parent company, Tandy). Prior to that they created and sold the…
> always use the right tool for the job Standard grep is much faster on multi-gigabyte files than anything you can figure out how to do in your pet language. By the time you get close to matching grep, you would have…
If you're going to rant, you might want to actually have a clear point to make. > college kids on comp.lang.lisp asking for the answers for problem-set 3 on last night's homework Surely not during the Naggum days. CLL…
> it requires a cable that restricts freedom of movement. I don't see how this matters at all. If a cable doesn't restrict movement, surely a table, chair, wall, mountain, lake, ocean, cliff will restrict your movement.…
> but the Racket language, while near Scheme, is not. You've described 99% of Scheme systems. The only exception I know of is Scheme48, which is pretty much the Third Reich of Scheme systems. Portability between Scheme…
not only was RadioShack the only computer store in town, but they also helped open up the IBM platform by selling the Tandy computer (produced by their parent company, Tandy). Prior to that they created and sold the…
> always use the right tool for the job Standard grep is much faster on multi-gigabyte files than anything you can figure out how to do in your pet language. By the time you get close to matching grep, you would have…
If you're going to rant, you might want to actually have a clear point to make. > college kids on comp.lang.lisp asking for the answers for problem-set 3 on last night's homework Surely not during the Naggum days. CLL…
> it requires a cable that restricts freedom of movement. I don't see how this matters at all. If a cable doesn't restrict movement, surely a table, chair, wall, mountain, lake, ocean, cliff will restrict your movement.…
> but the Racket language, while near Scheme, is not. You've described 99% of Scheme systems. The only exception I know of is Scheme48, which is pretty much the Third Reich of Scheme systems. Portability between Scheme…