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newLisp’s Cilk API simplifies the task for forking new processes and retrieving the results of child processes’ calculations a breeze. Some patterns remain complex, particularly when dealing with shared state or managing access to resources. To formalize some of the more common patterns of usage with the Cilk API, semaphores, and shared memory, I have written a multiprocessing library for newLisp.

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I am in the process of updating my module repository for newlisp 10.  In the process, I am refactoring each module and doing some updates. I am paying shockingly little attention to backward compatibility, so if you want to use the new modules, be prepared to do update your own code. A couple of notable [...]

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The Mysql module has been written from scratch utilizing some of the more recent features of newLisp, such as FOOP and reference returns. One of its major design goals was to simplify use as well as broaden the features of the standard MySQL module, while at the same time allowing the creation of new, anonymous [...]

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One of newLisp’s out-of-the-box features is its foreign function interface. It is simple to use, requiring only a minimal knowledge of C and a willingness to read documentation. Submit article

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newLISP’s find-all utility is exceptionally powerful, especially when coupled with rich matching functions like match, regex, and unify. find-all combines search and substitution into a fast, comprehensive function for extracting data from lists and strings. Submit article

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