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FunDifferentiating regionsAs a follow up to the previous post, check out how Chung-chieh Shan applied regions to a seemingly unrelated problem. His post begins by explaining how automatic (numerical) partial differentiation can be implemented, and goes on to show how to use regions to avoid mixing-up the variables being differentiated. By Ehud Lamm at 2008-08-08 19:44 | Fun | Functional | Type Theory | 4 comments | other blogs | 6420 reads
ICFP contest starts tomorrowJust a quick reminder -- the 2008 ICFP Programming Contest starts tomorrow. Language geek at the Maker FaireMaker Faire was fun, but you can read all about it on numerous web sites and blogs. While I enjoyed the Coke + Mentos demonstration like everyone else, some things caught my eye in particular and may also amuse LtU readers. Talking to the guys demoing the CNC machines I discovered G Code which turns out to be the main machine languages used to control the CNC machines. It was cool to meet people who actually wrote their own software to emit or/consume G codes (the styrofoam CNC machine was way cool). I also enjoyed The Art of Motion Control sculpture, since the text said "Path designs using custom LISP routines running within AutoCAD." I think that was the only one explicitly mentioning Lisp. At least, that was the only one I saw... Any cool language references I missed? April 1st special: The War of the WorldsConrad Barski has posted a sneak peak from his upcoming Lisp textbook/comic: Land of Lisp. The first slides may seem unrelated, but boy does the message sting when you reach the ending... FPers will be quick to note, of course, that this being April Fools' Day the whole thing is a joke and we can all go back to Haskell... By Ehud Lamm at 2008-04-02 00:34 | Critiques | Fun | Functional | 32 comments | other blogs | 35767 reads
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For those that are both language geeks and hardware geeks... A Dialogue on InfinityA Dialogue on Infinity, between a mathematician and a philosopher. Alexandre Borovik and David Corfield. A new blog... From the first post:
This is pretty far out for LtU, but I suspect it will interest some more philosophically inclined readers. They will look at a number of disciplines, including computer science. (I feel like maybe even "Theory" is not theoretical for this. Therefore I am also calling it "Fun".) Binary Lambda Calculus and Combinatory LogicWhile Anton was waxing about Church & Turing, I figured that Occam's Razor would be the type of proof one would postulate when giving the nod to Lambda Calculus over Universal Turing Machines. This leads inexorably to the question of what is the smallest (as measured in binary bits) Turing Machine that can possibly be constructed. John Tromp provides an answer to this question in his always fun Lambda Calculus and Combinatory Logic Playground:
Interestingly, the version based on the Lambda Calculus is smaller than the one on Combinators. A statement I found of interest in the paper about PL's:
Not sure if that statement means that PL research is ultimately doomed. :-) By Chris Rathman at 2007-09-18 20:10 | Fun | Lambda Calculus | 23 comments | other blogs | 18038 reads
Best LtU humourOne of the great things about LtU discussions is that we have some very witty posters, and some posts are LOL funny (that's "laugh out loud" for those new to the internet...) So I decided to start an informal poll here: which is the funniest post on LtU ever? I suggest two categories: one for general humour and wit, and a second for humour that requires knowledge of the theory of pogramming languages to decipher. On edit: I think we need a special category for longer, more literary posts, if you will - the type Frank used to produce. ICFP contest in progress!On the off-chance you hadn't realized it, the 2007 ICFP contest has started today. Join the fun! AngloHaskell 2007 - date and venue confirmedThe date and venue for AngloHaskell 2007 have been finalised and announced:
LtUers are all welcome - especially anyone who wants to give a talk! As Neil put it in a previous mail:
Practical talks are particularly welcome. I'll be giving a talk on my experiences with Haskell as a person with Asperger's Syndrome. |
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