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[toronto-lisp] CL Ants in comp.lang.lisp
by Paul Tarvydas 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

In case anyone missed it, Rich Hickey responded at length about the purpose of his Ants example in this thread on comp.lang.lisp: http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/1d014c846… pt

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[toronto-lisp] The speed, size and dependability of programming languages
by Mark Bolusmjak 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Great to see you all again. Here is the article I mentioned: http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/2009/05/speed-size-and-dependability-of.html -mark

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[toronto-lisp] Toronto Lisp Users Group Meeting -- Tuesday June 2nd @LinuxCaffe
by Vishvajit Singh 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Hello everyone! Our next meeting is coming up soon. Toronto Lisp Users Group -- June Meeting: June 2nd, 6pm, Linux Caffe (Walk south of Bloor from Christie Station, until you hit Harbord Street) AS USUAL: We're looking for volunteers for talks, discussion, tutorials. Your current projects, proposal for projects, libraries you like, tutorials or related Lispy languages, issues relevant to Lisp, etc. So I still haven't received my Clojure book, although I got an email saying it's on the way. Looking forward to thumbing through the hardcopy version, and I'll bring it in when I've received it.. As a substitute, I'll bring in "Godel, Escher, Bach"! I've been trying to wrap my head around it.. there may be a hint of LISPyness in there, perhaps. http://www.lisptoronto.org/ Come on out! Vish

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[toronto-lisp] Clojure on Google App Engine
by Vishvajit Singh 11 May '09

11 May '09

http://www.fatvat.co.uk/2009/05/clojure-on-google-app-engine.html I think it was Ian who mentioned at the last meeting that he was interested in trying Clojure on Slicehost. Here's another option.. this appears to be a way to get Clojure running on the Google App Engine. Seems like a fun thing to try, if you want a web application running and don't want to shell out any cash. Vish

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[toronto-lisp] how was the meeting?
by Abram Hindle 07 May '09

07 May '09

How was the lispmeet? abram

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[toronto-lisp] Nice to meet you all
by Mark Bolusmjak 06 May '09

06 May '09

I'll be playing with Clojure and reading The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer in preparation for next month's meeting. Cheers. Mark

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[toronto-lisp] Toronto Lisp Users Group Meeting Tuesday May 5th @ Linux Caffe
by Vishvajit Singh 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hello everyone! Our next meeting is coming up soon. Toronto Lisp Users Group May Meeting: May 5th, 6pm, Linux Caffe (Walk north of Bloor from Christie Station, until you hit Harbord Street) We're looking for volunteers for talks, discussion, tutorials. Your current projects, proposal for projects, libraries you like, tutorials or related LISPy languages, issues relevant to lisp etc. Given the amount of discussion on concurrency we've had this month, why not make it a concurrency meeting? I'll bring my laptop, and we can play around with Rich Hickey's Ants simulation. http://www.lisptoronto.org/ Come on out! Vish

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[toronto-lisp] Lisp in Video Games
by Vishvajit Singh 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

Just read an interesting article about the use of a proprietary Lisp variant in the game "Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy": http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020710/white_01.htm Covers the pros and cons of using Lisp. Among the cons: "A single programmer (who could easily be one of the top ten Lisp programmers in the world) wrote GOAL. While he called his Lisp techniques and programming practices 'revolutionary,' others referred to them as 'code encryption,' since only he could understand them." Amusing :) Vish

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[toronto-lisp] April meeting minutes available on the website
by Vishvajit Singh 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Hi everyone, I've written up the minutes for the April meeting, and put them up here: http://www.lisptoronto.org/past-meetings/2009-04-meeting Feel free to add anything you can remember. If you don't have permissions for the website, ask Telman for them. I've also put up that Sudoku solver I wrote in Clojure -- it's attached to that page. I've tried to make the code as neat as possible. Take a look! Another thing.. in the spirit of what Abram said to me in the subway station -- if you want our club to work on projects, start them yourself! -- I'm going to start studying Compojure, and when I've learned it I'll start a project for the club. Right now I'm thinking of making a Reddit-clone.. but I'm open to suggestions. Cheers, Vish Singh

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[toronto-lisp] oops
by Paul Tarvydas 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

Oops, sorry for sending that to the whole mailing list. Someday, someone will invent a "REPLY" button that does not produce surprises... pt

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