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jgodbout | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: I am doing online reading sessions on analytic number theory

It's still number theory though.

jgodbout | 5 years ago | on: Google Common Lisp style guide

Most Google open sourced code is on Github. Generally the code made by developers isn't "official" it's just code (documents) made by people at Google.

jgodbout | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Production Lisp in 2020?

And why not SBCL?

jgodbout | 5 years ago | on: State Machine in Real Life

Using generic methods in lisp worth eql keyword for state change is a natural way of doing this.

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: 'Remarkable' MIP*=RE proof describes how to solve seemingly impossible problem

I just came to say that the first paragraph of that article is so cringe-worthy I had to post... Terrible, argh...

But amazing result.

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: Simple Proof to the Container with Most Water Problem

Definitely not. You're degrees, publications, and jobs but not personal anecdotes. Except for goals and research or teaching philosophy.

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: Write Junior Code

Or, really `(hi ,pg!) but please capture that pg!

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: Write Junior Code

Fixing your Lisp: (let ((pg! "Paul Graham!")) `(hi ,pg!))

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: Monads as a Programming Pattern

This really was excellent. It actually helps with the category theory def.

jgodbout | 6 years ago | on: Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books programmers should read?’

I code in lisp for work everyday! This is a bad promise, but I agree lisp is amazing. I've recently been learning to love macros and reading let over lambda is fantastic!