pmcjones

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Orbital Construction Pioneers(orbitalconstructionpioneers.com)
12 points by pmcjones 27d ago|7 comments
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by pmcjones 1mo ago
The first video is the same as https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/FP/#Backus1... . I hadn't seen the Group Meeting video; I will add it (even though it's very rough). I will change the entry for
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by pmcjones 1mo ago
In that first diagram ( https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/FP/Composin... ), A and B are supposed to be pure functional programs; side-effects are modeled by each one outputting a new version of each modifi
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by pmcjones 1mo ago
Can we move this conversation to email? I am not sure what diagrams you are referring to.
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by pmcjones 1mo ago
Is this your project: https://github.com/metazip/pointfrip ?
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by pmcjones 1mo ago
Thanks very much; I in turn will add a link the Related Resources section. If you'd like to be recognized as other than metazip then let me know via email.
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by pmcjones 2mo ago
Author here. This is work-in-progress, not linked from top level. I'll keep working.
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by pmcjones 3mo ago
Try these: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/lisp15... https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/lisp15... https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.o
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by pmcjones 3mo ago
For more information about Mesa, see: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/mesa/
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by pmcjones 4mo ago
I donated https://www.analogmuseum.org/library/beckman_EASE_installati... to this web site. The original was from my father-in-law, Professor Cyril P. Atkinson at U.C. Berkeley.
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by pmcjones 5mo ago
https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/mesa/ Mesa had DEFINITIONS modules, exceptions, subranges, and threads.
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by pmcjones 6mo ago
Last updated 1996.
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Noordung's "Wohnrad" – the precursor to rotating space station architecture(sciencedirect.com)
3 points by pmcjones 7mo ago|0 comments
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
I should have given this link also: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/book/A...
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
Sigh -- they keep changing the rules. I think you have to have a free ACM account. If you send me an email (see my home page in my profile), I'll send you a PDF.
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
The link dump includes scans of the source code and a link to this free-to-read paper on the history of the Lisp 2 project: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8267589 (I’m the author).
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
And here's an English translation of the History chapter from Stoyan's 1980 book _LISP-Anwendungsgebiete, Grundbegriffe, Geschichte_ [LISP Application, Basic Concepts, History]: https://softwarepreservation.computerhist
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
Here are some bibliographies, including an extensive (but old) one by Herbert Stoyan. Apologies for the rough formatting of them: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/resour...
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by pmcjones 7mo ago
And it's worth pointing out here that the book itself is now freely available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/542865
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Grok Is Temporarily Unavailable(status.x.ai)
3 points by pmcjones 8mo ago|0 comments
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by pmcjones 9mo ago
This URL gives a choice of format: online, purchase hardcopy, or download PDF (requires free account): https://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/28594
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A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars(nationalacademies.org)
1 points by pmcjones 9mo ago|1 comments
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by pmcjones 10mo ago
Was your work on the 6502 perhaps in the 70s?
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by pmcjones 11mo ago
How is it possible to be in the breach for someone who never had a prosper account?
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by pmcjones 1y ago
I had this one in the 1950s: https://www.theoldrobots.com/Ideal.html
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by pmcjones 1y ago
Information about other implementations of BCPL: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/BCPL/
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by pmcjones 1y ago
One of my younger brothers died a few weeks ago (he was 67; I'm 75). When people offer sympathy, I accept it and don't question their motives or involvement.
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by pmcjones 1y ago
A better URL: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/interlisp...
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Generative AI's failure to induce robust models of the world(garymarcus.substack.com)
76 points by pmcjones 1y ago|82 comments
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by pmcjones 1y ago
An X-ray machine was in the shoe store when I was little, but my father told us not to let it be used on us.

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