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• I Chose Common Lisp

  I began learning Common Lisp (CL) from the Common Lisp HyperSpec (CLHS): https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/Contents.htm When I began learning CL about two decades ago, I did not know of any other source, so CLHS was my only source back then and I think it has served me well. A popular recommendation these days is Practical Common Lisp (by Peter Seibel): https://gigamonkeys.com/book/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Holding a Program in One's Head (2007)

  A quote originally (AFAIK) from the wonderful (and free!) book 'Practical Common Lisp'. https://gigamonkeys.com/book/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Defense of Lisp Macros

  The Giga Monkeys Book, Practical Common Lisp is also excellent: https://gigamonkeys.com/book/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• The Loudest Lisp Program

  > So it's really pick your poison; either the child controls the call, at the risk of doing it wrong or not at all, or it doesn't but then certain things become impossible. CL lets you do both in various ways: the typical way to define a constructor is an :AFTER method that just sets the slots (fields in other languages) of the object and having a lot of behavior in constructors is unusual. You can also define an... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• The Loudest Lisp Program

  There are a bunch of things to learn from Lisp: * list processing -> model data as lists and process those * list processing applied to Lisp -> model programs as lists and process those -> EVAL and COMPILE * EVAL, the interpreter as a Lisp program * write programs to process programs -> code generators, macros, ... * write programs in a more declarative way -> a code generator transforms the description into... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

edX mentions (235)

• So I made a python script to add entries to your dynamic config.yml file dynamically

  Let me know what you think and if you have suggestions to resolve that bug. I'm learning programming and have next to no python experience, I am taking CS50 through edx.org and the AI at chatgpt did most of the work. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Think I might change my name...

  Im sorry man I want to be sympathetic but people like you cost an incalculable amount of people far more than you could even imagine and I truly believe that if hell exists you will be going there. I am serious though about seeking mental help you seem to still not have any impact on your mind or soul of how you affected other people just how your actions affected you that is some sociopath shit right there and if... Source: almost 2 years ago

• I’m homeschooled but my parents don’t teach me a thing

  Khanacademy.org is a fantastic resource for math, as well as many other courses. If you have access to the internet, try taking some of the courses there. They mirror what is taught in public schools with classes for all grade levels. There are other resources like edx.org that can provide free courses in topics like computer science and business. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is there a way to learn AI during my engineering degree?

  u can always self study, u aren’t limited to learn only what’s in ur degree. Go on edx and check our some of their free courses. Ur life is a lot more than the degree ur pursuing. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What I Learned from Two Years of Teaching High School CS

  The "best" professors/teachers I saw yet, where radiating an exhuberant joy while talking about their topic. It is fun to listen. They where a russian teaching in america who recorded a series about physics for TTC, The Teaching Company. He got voted best professor in america twice.The other one was David Malan of Harvards CS50 on [0]. Beware though, it sadly spoils you for later lectures by others. [0]... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago