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12:28:29
beach
ck_: I don't particularly like it. Using it as a loop keyword is a choice, but when they start defining functions with names in the keyword package, I strongly disagree, and I pointed this out to Dyomkin.
12:33:03
beach
Since he has decided not to follow my advice in so many cases, I think I will tell him not to acknowledge me.
12:47:14
ck_
maybe you could show the beginning of that process in a future video, I think that would make it slightly easier to understand for a first viewer
13:02:05
ck_
I have another question about that book, if you don't mind. It's about the figures. When I try to put myself into the position of someone who is new to those concepts, it is difficult for me to see how much explanative power a cloud with a few arrows into it (for example) really has. But I think it wouldn't be very much use at all. What's your experience with that?
14:38:36
beach
But yeah, there are many aspects of this book that I would have done differently myself.
14:39:30
beach
The beginning of the process is boring at the moment. I am trying to figure out how to make the entire experience better.
14:59:33
makomo
beach: i assume the new demo is under the same URL? i guess that's the one i watched then
15:03:36
scymtym
i think this blog (which is included in planet.lisp.org) specifically: http://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2019/
15:25:11
scymtym
reading the latest chapter, i'm not sure the algorithms get enough attention between the C/Python/Java comparisons, RUTILS idiosyncrasies and low-level optimization "advice" like using (sb-vm::%primitive sb-vm::unsigned-word-find-first-bit x) directly
15:30:25
scymtym
i was reading https://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2019/08/programming-algorithms-key-values.html
15:34:16
scymtym
it seems to be regular text. in this section: https://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2019/08/programming-algorithms-key-values.html#secondchanceandclockalgorithms
15:36:54
scymtym
not literally in the listing, but the machine code and internal function discussion takes up a good chunk of the "Second Chance and Clock Algorithms" section
18:20:31
ck_
Well, that's the authors prerogative. I came to the conclusion that a new book on Common Lisp is a good thing, even if it is a little -- idiosyncratic?