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Timothy Hart, Rest in Peace.

Jan 27, 2014 some comments

On January 20, 2014 the world lost a hacker named Timothy Hart. Hart was not just any hacker — he was a hacker of the highest order. If you’ve read more than three books on Lisp then you might have seen his name pop up here and there. If not, then you’ve definitely felt his […]

Read-Eval-Print-λove v001 – Sakura

Sep 9, 2013

I just hit GO on the Read-Eval-Print-λove newsletter, so if you subscribed to the newsletter then it should hit your inbox very soon. For those of you who have not heard about it yet, the elevator pitch is as follows: Read-Eval-Print-λove is a bi-monthly newsletter of original content and curation about the Lisp family of […]

Enfield: a programming language designed for pedagogy

Jan 21, 2013 some comments

Today I would like to introduce an idea that I’ve been playing around with as a thought experiment for years, but that has finally become a reality. Imagine a programming language designed specifically for teaching young computer science students a solid foundation in sound computer science topics as well as practical techniques useful in creating […]

Structure editing a-go-go with Nokolisp

Oct 12, 2012

Dan Weinreb, Rest in Peace

Sep 7, 2012 some comments

Dan Weinreb didn’t know me, but I am very familiar and a great admirer of his work. However, one day a few years ago I wrote a blog post entitled “Yegge, Clojure, Arc, and Lolita: or Days of Future Past that generated some very interesting discussion. Among the best pieces of information-dense wisdom, and one […]

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