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| bio | website | andreaferretti.it |
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| location | Bonn, Germany | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | 12 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 193 |
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Mar 25 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Mar 23 |
answered | Why can't there be an “universal” programming language that serves all purposes? |
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Mar 20 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Mar 20 |
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Why isn't Lisp more widespread? I see the point... |
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Mar 20 |
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Why isn't Lisp more widespread? I don't think this definition actually conveys what expressive means. Personally, before I call a language expressive, I would make sure that I am able to read what I have written. For example, using nontrivial logic in the loop initializer in C may save you some lines of code, but it is not readily understandable. On the other hand a list comprehension in Python can save a couple of line and be more readable. So you actually have found a way to express what you meant more concisely. If it is not readable, you have not find a way to express anything at all. |
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Mar 19 |
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Why isn't Lisp more widespread? Where I live (Italy) I doubt even a single Lisp company exists... |
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Mar 19 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Mar 19 |
accepted | Why isn't Lisp more widespread? |
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Mar 19 |
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Why isn't Lisp more widespread? The objection about the difficulty of finding qualified programmers is a bit of a dog chasing its tail. If Lisp was more widespread, it would be easier to find good programmers. |
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Mar 19 |
awarded | Student |
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Mar 19 |
asked | Why isn't Lisp more widespread? |
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Mar 17 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Mar 6 |
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Is LISP still useful in today's world? Which version is most used? You can actually simplify MAX by MAX(MAX(a b) c) |
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Mar 1 |
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Do you use both Client-side and Server-side validation techniques? Did you even read what you post? Checking that email is unique is validation. Cheking, say, that email and password are valid credentials is verification. In any case, it is just a terminology issue. |
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Feb 21 |
answered | What is the best Javascript textbook? |
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Feb 18 |
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Are these interview questions too difficult for entry-level C++ positions? It is completely obvious to me that storing floats will involve rounding errors, since they are decimal numbers stored in base 2. Still I have no clue what the IEEE standard says about them... |
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Feb 17 |
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career advice for PhD scientist seeking to program? Can you link Joel's post? |
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Feb 16 |
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Markup language with PDF output Why are you explicitly banning LaTeX? |
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Jan 30 |
awarded | Supporter |
