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Making 64-bit MySQL work with newLISP
For the past few days have been spent trying to get the newLISP MySQL module to work with the 64-bit version of the libmysqlclient library. Here is what I did to get things working properly.
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Jul 24th, 2008 | Filed under Programming -
Mutable default parameter values in Python
In Python, everything is an object. Variables are technically names for references to objects. Therefore, when passing an argument to a function, what is in fact being passed is the value of the reference. This leads to some useful techniques.
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Jul 22nd, 2008 | Filed under ProgrammingTags: python -
Commenting
Artful Code is going back to Haloscan comments rather than trying to keep up with moderating comments or adding my own verification. Comments from the old system are lost, but that’s OK because most were spam anyway :)
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Jul 19th, 2008 | Filed under Site newsTags: Site news -
In defense of newLISP
newLISP receives an unexpected level of hostility from lispers. Languages like Arc and newLISP share an enmity that stems from the assumption that these languages are in some way attempting to replace Common Lisp. This is not the case.
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Jul 15th, 2008 | Filed under Soap box -
SQL library for newLISP
The newLISP SQL library is a set of classes and functions to ease generation of SQL code in newLISP. The module is not yet feature-complete but is in a usable state.
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Jul 14th, 2008 | Filed under Programming







