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mcandre

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  1. Regenboog - So long, and thanks for all the passwords (regenboog.no.de)

    A Web 2.0 rainbow table using Node.js and Redis.

    1 points 0
  2. Lisp or Haskell (not a flame war)

    When embarking on a new project, I often have trouble deciding between Lisp with its flexible macros and Haskell with its robust type system goodness. Does anyone else do this (e.g. Perl vs Python)?

    1 points 3
  3. Python's if __name__=="__main__": main() in other languages

    This behavior is very hard to Google. For now, I'm calling it "scripted main" and I'm cataloging it for several programming languages. Ruby: if __FILE__ == $0 then main end Perl: unless(caller) { main; } ...…

    13 points 3
  4. CL or Scheme?

    I started reading Practical Common Lisp. It took me two whole days to setup a CL system: Emacs, SLIME, CLISP, Quicklisp. The syntax is riddled with intricacies: LET or LET* or FLET or LABLES? Is Scheme (esp. Racket) any…

    54 points 44