Hi Stan- Thanks for jumping on the grenade. I recall offering to be your wingman. What are my duties? Should we chat? (My home phone is 206-784-9416.) What...
Wingding (@yahogroups.com) study group, Learning Scheme (the programming language) meeting is this Wednesday: When: 7pm, Febuary 4th Where: Bellevue...
George A. Smith @ SNS
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Feb 3, 2004 2:39 am
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Thanks Stan. I've really caught the bug for FP again. I have a whole stack of FP books, and from time to time I dig them out. One (Field/Harrison -...
When working with rational numbers, what needs to be done to handle both positive and negative arguments? Is there a truth table or something that needs...
; Requires you to "fix" the book's gcd procedure ; (define (gcd a b) (if (= b 0) (abs a) (gcd (abs b) (remainder (abs a) (abs b))))) (define (make-rat n d) (if...
We will resume with Exercise 2.4 and begin message passing. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you...
Here is the Ungar-Fitzpatrick solution for 2.3. We chose to represent rectangles as a base segment plus a height. This code makes use of the segment code...
The base segment plus height representation of a rectangle can be made unambiguous by defining the base segment as running through the middle of the axis that...
I guess we'll put in our 2.3 solution also (Stan & Jeff) We defined a rectangle first in terms of two points, one for each corner. We then created another...
Chameleon Technologies, Inc. (also a recruiter) has a TON of Java-related postions located in Seattle, WA we are trying to fill (all full-time). If you have...
Kelly Hennessey
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Feb 26, 2004 11:12 pm
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Bradson Technologies (also a recruiter) has MANY java openings. Quick interviews and feedback for the right candidates. J2EE, EJB, Linux Sincerely, Justin...
Justin d'Hondt
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Feb 26, 2004 11:28 pm
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I'm finding that I understand this stuff better when I get a second opinion. I think that this guy in particular is doing a better job than the SICP book at ...
Wingding (@yahogroups.com) study group, Learning Scheme (the programming language) meeting is this Wednesday: When: 7pm, March 3rd Where: Bellevue Regional...
George A. Smith @ SNS
zgas@...
Mar 2, 2004 2:23 pm
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... George, thank you for coordinating these meetings! A quick recap, for the curious. The Wing Ding has evolved into a pair-programming study group where we...
The last meeting, IMO did not go well. We had poor attendance, and a lack of coordination and structure. I participated in a discussion with: Stan, Steven,...
George A. Smith @ SNS
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Mar 9, 2004 4:41 am
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I like the book, although I wouldn't want to work all the exercises. I guess I like it because I want to learn more about programming languages, compilers,...
I'm heading out on vacation so I won't be able to participate in this discussion but I thought I'd at least put in my thoughts. Scheme may or may not be a...
... I'll second Liz. I'm interested in this book, because I'm interested in exploring the underpinnings of the languages and techniques we take for granted....
On Mar 9, 2004, at 12:40 PM, Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote: ... My spotty attendance record should not be interpreted as lack of interest, but rather complications...
Hi George, Everyone- Since that self-study notion didn't really catch on, I sort of thought we had settled on everyone showing up and working on the exercises ...
Hi Liz-> Just saw this column on "Why I Like PLT Scheme". Excellent article.Does everyone here know about the weblog Lambda the Ultimate? There's a recent...
... I can second Jason's recommendation of LtU, and I think watching the SICP videos as part of the Wing Ding is a great idea. The value I get from the Wing...