I have a plan to write a SchemeOS, and Chen asked me to elaborate a bit on what I plan to do. As soon as I have code, I would enjoy sharing it with everyone --...
I'm planning to give a lecture to the Haifa Linux Club about Lambda Calculus. I'm planning to teach them enough Scheme to be able to learn Lambda Calculus but...
I'm sure we all enjoy the language wars that errupt twice daily between omer and moshe. However, I do think they can both improve their use (or abuse) of the...
Hi, thought about it and here are some bugfixes: 1) s%guy%guy/girl% 2) ditch the size thing. we all know that size doesn't matter 3) yes, things like stock...
This is a virus that works on the honor system: For those Unix & Linux fanatics who're feeling left out, please forward this message to everyone you know and...
hackers-il was started for 3 reasons: - creating a mailing list where one can discuss interesting computer related issues - create a community that'll meet,...
This is a moderating message. ... Moshe had stated that scheme syntax is a "parse-tree serialization" He complained that scheme syntax does not include...
... It's interesting to note that a serious lack in Scheme is called a "standard rant". It is also interesting to note that what I mentioned -- serious file IO...
perl -le '@Just_another_Perl_hacker=map{/^[^*].*hack/&&s,_, ,g&s,$,\,,&print}%::' [spoiler below] The subject of this message refers to W. V. Quine's essay "On...
Hi, too often I hear many misconceptions about the Gnu/Hurd operating system. Here's some of the latest info: 1) hurd is well documented, infact there's more...
Hi I want to build a system that will enable me to press the reset button on PC for more or less 100 computers, each indevidualy or a group of them, by some...
In an interview with Alex Sepanov, one of the authors of C++'s STL, he proclaims that Object Oriented Programming, which is how most systems are written today...
While this subject was listening to its last rites on this list (and rigthfully so, since we're all in agreement on what a hacker is and isn't), an interesting...
... under desk, sleeping with debugger, falling apart when dragged out. ... ((lambda (x) (x x))(lambda (x) (x x)) will cause a nice buffer overflow. one line,...
<GEEKSPEAK> Here are some more ideas of things It would be nice to discuss :) Of course, if you accept me into your group... I welcome any "test"! :) 1. Beyond...
... This is interesting: We started this discussion with me commenting that Scheme didn't have serious file IO. You sent me off to look at some standard that's...
... I'm not familiar with Cecil, Sather and Eiffel, so I will suspend judgement on those. Java OO isn't built all the way into the type system, since int,...
nice start, really. Kudos to Chen. First: I put a little poll out there, just to test your reactions. Second: Here is draft proposal of Code of Hackers. 1....
Hey guys: If you like to hack in Scheme and would like to be able to print Scheme code nicely, why not have a look at a postscript hack I created some time...
Hey, I dislike the notion of putting others through an ordeal before they can join. I'd rather we cook up some way of keeping the list interesting for...
... Scheme would be a lot more useful had the RS committee taken the file system and IO interface a bit more seriously. At present, it's not possible to do...
[I'm not exactly subscribed, so CC me if you think I should read your response] Hey, where do you live ??? Maybe you didn't hear, but it's not exciting to code...
How about each of us list topics he or she would like to know more about? If there is a subject which has interest and there is someone to teach it, we could...
Taking of from the previous two posts: I say we remain an open group. However, we can be moderated if needed. I suggest we ask posters of inapproprate mesages...
Anyway, here's something I had been meaning to write for a while now and only unlazed enough to actually DO today. Put this in your .procmailrc or something,...
Just to make things worse:) there are going to be very strict rules for entering hackers-il. We need it, since in abscence of those, adolescent boys who say...
remember the famous beer list? how about writing a webserver in every concivable language? (well, server-side scripting languages are out of the question) ...
SOFTWARE HACKER'S PRAYER Words: David Weingart ) 1989 Music: "Rocket Rider's Prayer" (Steve Savitzky) When the system's dead before us like a pile of...
