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23:08:23
fiddlerwoaroof
White_Flame: I've tried from time to time, but I never can come up with a good use case
6:30:36
no-defun-allowed
So, you've come into #lisp saying that sentence, and your first thought is to censor out the word "fuck".
6:42:47
White_Flame
oh, right, it can be used to reset the counter, so it's either a string or integer
6:55:56
White_Flame
this style isn't used very often in modern code, though, since hashtables were created after those
7:01:16
no-defun-allowed
I would have thought I could find some techniques for reducing latency when pointer-chasing in Netfarm from object-oriented databases (which are neither), but the papers don't really have impressive results.
8:16:19
fiddlerwoaroof
hhdave: that clim-web system looks cool, but I seem to have to use a fairly old parenscript to make it work?
9:26:35
beach
Is what you wanted to comment on relevant to the topic here? If so, do you have a link?
9:27:29
jackdaniel
yes, it is a Common Lisp Revival Fundraiser https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/k2wua9/common_lisp_revival_2020_fundraiser/, I've wanted to point out that it lacks credibility
9:27:46
flip214
johnjay: well, something like Java's foreign look isn't appreciated.... and having some abstraction that provides simple dialogs should be possible, no?
9:27:48
jackdaniel
because the person behind it had practically zero impact on the community (putting aside insults)
9:28:13
jackdaniel
I'd love to elaborate, I'm going afk, sorry (and indeed, mentioning that was a bit offtopic on my side)
9:28:48
flip214
fiddlerwoaroof: CAPI as in the Cryptography API, the telephone API, the PowerPC API? How does that help with UI?
9:33:59
White_Flame
I've dealt with such in other spheres as well. They simply don't go away if ignored, either
10:19:22
fiddlerwoaroof
My favorite thing on reddit was the thread where someone told stassats to check SBCL out
10:28:17
aeth
nevermind, found it. https://old.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/k0wq53/lisp_use_case_question/gdnp0aw/?context=3
10:33:28
MichaelRaskin
A bit too deadpan, as it is appreciated by the audience but not by the counterparty