Personal bits around AI, Programming and other things I might find interesting
Which sorting algorithm should one implement when developing a program? The best answer is probably none. Use the sort provided by your system/library/etc. Unless you know your input data has some special properties that you can take advantage of, the provided sort should be enough for your needs and probably is more efficiently implemented. However, … Continue reading Sorting algorithms used in the CL implementations
I’ve started to re-design my main library for evolutionary computation. One of the main things I did for the new version was a complete new organization of the packages (and respective files/modules). Before I had essentially two main packages, the library itself and the examples. Although simple, it became a pain to use this model … Continue reading Packages organization and exporting symbols
This last weekend I was in Amsterdam to attend the European Common Lisp Meeting. This was my third participation in a organized Lisp meeting (after the first ZSLUG in Zurich and the ELS 2011 in Hamburg) and I am happy I’ve decided to go. I was only present at the meeting itself since going to … Continue reading ECLM 2011 Notes
Disclaimer: No Starch Press provided me a free copy for review. Ruby is a programming language that I always liked and somehow prefer it to Python. I used Ruby for some prototyping but when you have Common Lisp, it becomes hard to use any other language. When No Starch Press offered me the opportunity to … Continue reading Some thoughts on The Book of Ruby
Last week I was in Dublin for GECCO. It was good to return to a conference that I haven’t been for quite some time, especially because it was in Europe. I presented my work at the new Self-* Search track and the feedback I got was good. The organization was also great, at least from … Continue reading GECCO in Dublin
Jorge Tavares Notes 