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   by srcerer 10y ago

   Anyone who enjoyed reading that (especially the bit about mathematical reality) absolutely must read Anathem by Neal Stephenson. The proof is rather enumerative, which I will leave as an exercise ;) As for discussion. Is not the quote &quot
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   by srcerer 11y ago

   If referring to this sentence: "Examples are the programming languages Clojure, which is a contemporary dialect of Lisp, Rebol and Refal." Perhaps it's just poorly worded, but the intention seems to be to list each of those l
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   by srcerer 12y ago

   Curious where "Optimize for less state, less coupling, less complexity and less code...in that order." came from. Would like to read more from that source.
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   by srcerer 15y ago

   Itching to buy Skiena's book for the practical examples (after perusing what amazon would show me of it)! Another very accessible algorithms book I highly recommend is: http://hetland.org/writing/python-algorithms/
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   by srcerer 15y ago

   Thanks for the link! Erickson's notes appear to be a treasure trove of insight into algorithms. I flipped to the section on dynamic programming and was impressed by how well the idea was boiled down. Also, sorry for the pedantry, but that l
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   by srcerer 16y ago

   Also Gibson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_Market