Comments for Jorge Tavares weblog http://jorgetavares.com Wed, 19 May 2010 15:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Original implementation of Javascript in CL by Tweets that mention Original implementation of Javascript in CL « Jorge Tavares weblog -- Topsy.com http://jorgetavares.com/2010/05/19/original-implementation-of-javascript-in-cl/#comment-93 Tweets that mention Original implementation of Javascript in CL « Jorge Tavares weblog -- Topsy.com Wed, 19 May 2010 15:25:21 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=384#comment-93 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Thomas Buck, Jorge Tavares. Jorge Tavares said: Thanks to @t_ca !! http://jorgetavares.com/2010/05/19/original-implementation-of-javascript-in-cl/ #lisp [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Thomas Buck, Jorge Tavares. Jorge Tavares said: Thanks to @t_ca !! http://jorgetavares.com/2010/05/19/original-implementation-of-javascript-in-cl/ #lisp [...]

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]]> Comment on More random number generators in Lisp: using GSLL by Ahmed http://jorgetavares.com/2009/09/05/more-random-number-generators-in-lisp-using-gsll/#comment-88 Ahmed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:13:22 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=338#comment-88 Hello great job , Thanks for the comments for Rondom number ! My regards Hello
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]]> Comment on Starting with Haskell by Jorge Tavares http://jorgetavares.com/2009/10/16/starting-with-haskell/#comment-79 Jorge Tavares Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:39 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=349#comment-79 It's a good question you make since there are lots of things I like about Clojure too. I must say my experience with it is limited. Perhaps I didn't give it enough time. To keep it short, the points I don't enjoy so much in Clojure are, above all, more subjective than technical. For example, it has too much syntax; it feels "unlispy" sometimes. It "forces" you to know and use Java to gain the most from the language. Using libraries (Java ones) does not seem natural in a certain way - it looks ugly. Things like this make me feel a bit uncomfortable while programming with Clojure. Like I said, it's more of a personal thing than technical. To conclude, in my mind, a Lisp is a language that adapts itself to the problem you want to solve and not the other way around, i.e., you adapt your problem to the language. And Clojure, in my opinion, is the least successful Lisp in this regard. Cheers! It’s a good question you make since there are lots of things I like about Clojure too. I must say my experience with it is limited. Perhaps I didn’t give it enough time.

To keep it short, the points I don’t enjoy so much in Clojure are, above all, more subjective than technical. For example, it has too much syntax; it feels “unlispy” sometimes. It “forces” you to know and use Java to gain the most from the language. Using libraries (Java ones) does not seem natural in a certain way – it looks ugly.

Things like this make me feel a bit uncomfortable while programming with Clojure. Like I said, it’s more of a personal thing than technical.

To conclude, in my mind, a Lisp is a language that adapts itself to the problem you want to solve and not the other way around, i.e., you adapt your problem to the language. And Clojure, in my opinion, is the least successful Lisp in this regard.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Starting with Haskell by Jorge Tavares http://jorgetavares.com/2009/10/16/starting-with-haskell/#comment-78 Jorge Tavares Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:15:15 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=349#comment-78 Thanks for the visit and the submission. Just started exploring Haskell but so far I am enjoying it very much. Today I did four more chapters in the tutorial and now it's time to code a bit more to consolidate what I've learned. I'll try to keep it posted :-) I've just subscribed haskell-cafe and haskell-beginners as well as the feeds for planet haskell and reddit. I guess it will be a little overwhelming now but let's see. Cheers! Thanks for the visit and the submission. Just started exploring Haskell but so far I am enjoying it very much. Today I did four more chapters in the tutorial and now it’s time to code a bit more to consolidate what I’ve learned. I’ll try to keep it posted :-)

I’ve just subscribed haskell-cafe and haskell-beginners as well as the feeds for planet haskell and reddit. I guess it will be a little overwhelming now but let’s see.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Starting with Haskell by sriram srinivasan http://jorgetavares.com/2009/10/16/starting-with-haskell/#comment-77 sriram srinivasan Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:54:19 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=349#comment-77 I was curious about what you didn't like about Clojure. It seems to me one of the cleanest and most functional (as in with most functionality) lisps I have seen. How does the fact that it runs on a JVM affect your experience? Is it speed? Portability? Bare-metal executables? I was curious about what you didn’t like about Clojure. It seems to me one of the cleanest and most functional (as in with most functionality) lisps I have seen.

How does the fact that it runs on a JVM affect your experience? Is it speed? Portability? Bare-metal executables?

]]> Comment on Starting with Haskell by yitz http://jorgetavares.com/2009/10/16/starting-with-haskell/#comment-76 yitz Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:01:43 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=349#comment-76 Thanks for the nice post. It was featured today on the Haskell Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/). Enjoy your journey into Haskell. Don't forget to visit us on the #haskell Freenode IRC channel, and on the haskell-cafe mailing list at haskell.org. Thanks for the nice post. It was featured today on the Haskell Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/).

Enjoy your journey into Haskell. Don’t forget to visit us on the
#haskell Freenode IRC channel, and on the haskell-cafe mailing list at haskell.org.

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]]> Comment on Paper Accepted at PPSN 2008 by sandrar http://jorgetavares.com/2008/06/05/paper-accepted-at-ppsn-2008/#comment-68 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:03:47 +0000 http://jorgetavares.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-68 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on More random number generators in Lisp: using GSLL by Jorge Tavares http://jorgetavares.com/2009/09/05/more-random-number-generators-in-lisp-using-gsll/#comment-66 Jorge Tavares Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:34:28 +0000 http://jorgetavares.com/?p=338#comment-66 Hi Liam, Thanks for the comment and especially for GSLL! Yes, you can include this in the documentation of GSLL. I will be very happy for it. This post was just my attempt to start learning GSLL and document for myself and anyone who might find it interesting. For a future chapter on a tutorial it still needs some work but that can also be done. Now, let me just answer your points, specifically 1). I guess I expressed myself in the wrong way or I was not clear enough. My intention was that the function "random" from the CL standard is different from the ones in GSLL since you cannot pass a seed number. In "random" you pass a state object, not a seed number. Just this. I didn't mean that GSLL changed the implementation's conformance, in fact, it never crossed my mind that paragraph could imply that. I hope it's clear now! As for point 2) you are completely right. I was looking at GSLL source and looked at the functions I could use. I plan to write a little more about GSLL as soon as I start learning a bit more of it. In the near future I will be looking at the random distributions. All the best, Jorge Hi Liam,

Thanks for the comment and especially for GSLL!

Yes, you can include this in the documentation of GSLL. I will be very happy for it. This post was just my attempt to start learning GSLL and document for myself and anyone who might find it interesting. For a future chapter on a tutorial it still needs some work but that can also be done.

Now, let me just answer your points, specifically 1). I guess I expressed myself in the wrong way or I was not clear enough. My intention was that the function “random” from the CL standard is different from the ones in GSLL since you cannot pass a seed number. In “random” you pass a state object, not a seed number. Just this. I didn’t mean that GSLL changed the implementation’s conformance, in fact, it never crossed my mind that paragraph could imply that. I hope it’s clear now!

As for point 2) you are completely right. I was looking at GSLL source and looked at the functions I could use.

I plan to write a little more about GSLL as soon as I start learning a bit more of it. In the near future I will be looking at the random distributions.

All the best,
Jorge

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