Abstract Heresies
Unorthodox opinions on computer science and programming.
Monday, February 28, 2011
No stack? No problem.
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“We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges...” — The Treasu...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Where did the stack go?
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[This post doesn't describe things the way I'd like to. Please see the subsequent post.] The IBM 704 didn't have a stack. T...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A harder puzzle
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Suppose I have a procedure that needs to make temporary use of some expensive resource. The usual way to code this up is something like thi...
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An easy puzzle
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Suppose I have some code like this: (defun foo (x) (wrapper-macro (bar 42 x))) Where wrapper-macro simply prints ‘Normal exit’ or ‘...
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Friday, February 18, 2011
An early LISP program (circa Feb. 1960)
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TST M948-371-P. FOX-EXERCISE 1 DEFINE (((COLLAPSE,(LAMBDA,(L),(COND, ((ATOM,L), (CONS,L,NIL)) ((NULL,(CDR,L)), (COND,((AT...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Observations on the Feeling of the Ugly and Insignificant
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vsm001 said... I neglected to add my biggest objection to Louis's project, the lack of a strictly (or lazily) functional subset. Lou...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Critique of Reason
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A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. ...
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