Conditions, Events and Actions
Lately, I've been learning some pygame, I wanted to draw some simple shapes and play around on a 2d environment. One of the things that struck me, was that the event system sucked though. It goes...
View ArticleYay for C++... or perhaps not
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1296280 As I always say… C++ is too tricky for its own good.
View ArticleSome interesting points in "Implementation of Lisp"
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/lisp/node3.html#SECTION00030000000000000000 Check out the ideas about Lisp vs. Turing machines and "mathematical neatness" and comprehensibility and...
View ArticleLisp books and other languages
Hey everyone, I was wondering about a few things for a while now, and it would be wonderful if you guys could help with clearing things up for me. I know you guys suggest going Python -> C ->...
View ArticleTwo Lisp essays
Got to remember these when/if on UF PT we get yet another attack along the lines of "Lisp is for lazy bums and is just library calls, and why is C++ used so much anyway?"...
View ArticleScheme vs. Common Lisp... some thoughts on macros
Lately, I've been refining my Common Lisp skills in order to some day continue writing my Chess client (which is suspended due to intense work load at university) and have felt something. Scheme is a...
View ArticleQuestion about SICP material
If one was to start SICP, how should they go about it? There are videos, the MIT course ware, an online tutor, and the actual book. How do these mesh together? Eg, do you watch the videos first, then...
View ArticlePrivate methods and OOP
I was wondering where I should be using private methods and attributes in Python? I know that in Ruby, all of the methods are private by default. What's going on here? Maybe I am using a poor book,...
View ArticleBoost of confidence
I was helping a buddy today who is taking an intro to programming course. It is about the 8th week of the quarter, so they are pretty far in. I have the faintest knowledge of C++ syntax, but I was...
View ArticleA subleq OISC
That is, a One Instruction Set Computer based on the subtract and branch if negative instruction. class SubLeqOISC: def __init__(self, ram_size): self.IP = 0 self.RAM = [0] * ram_size def subleq(self,...
View ArticleMark Chu-Carroll on FP
http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2009/11/philosophizing_about_programmi.php
View ArticleRevolution Programming language
Hi there guys…. I am not doing much programming lately , mainly cause of lack of free time and low priority. But the other time received a newsletter from Revolution website. I had completely...
View ArticleC vs C++
I have played with C++ but never with C. Recently I have seen people describing C as being easy to use even beginner friendly. Is that True ? What the differences between the two languages beside the...
View ArticleOption for compiling dynamic langauges?
I've been wondering about this lately, but why not have the option to compile? Is there something about a dynamic language that will not allow it to compile (other than the fact that there is no...
View ArticleWhy I think SOMETIMES Java is easier than python (title edited)
There some things that made me conclude that Java is easier than python 1) Good documentation. Yes python has a very simple syntax , while java is more verbose but nothing can make thing any easier...
View ArticleCoding on Windows...
Hey everyone, I'm in a bit of a pickle. Due to certain circumstances, I cannot run Linux on my machine for now. So I reverted to Win 7 for the time being. I'm not sure if you guys have experience with...
View ArticleNeed some friendly advice
Ok, so as everyone here probably knows by now, I do most of my coding in Python at the moment. And with the great advice I got here, I was suggested to go Python -> C -> Lisp. I would love to...
View ArticleLet's say I were to make a web app
Alright, let's pretend for a moment that I wanted to become an expert at web programming. What would I have to learn? I know about the basics, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot...
View Articlexhtml and IE
Hello, So I've slowly writing a website and forums with php, sql, css, and xhtml. I've heard a bit about xhtml and how some people think n00bs (me) don't use it correctly or know what it's for. Well...
View ArticleWeb Application Basics
I found this online book to be exactly what I was looking for as a starting point to web application development. Software Engineering for Internet Applications I've just started to go through this,...
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