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http://www.newlisp.org/MemoryManagement.html ORO (One Reference Only) automatic memory management developed for newLISP is a fast and resources saving alternative to classic garbage collection algorithms in dynamic, interactive programming languages. This article explains how ORO memory management works

(define (regexp-count rx s) (length (regexp-match* rx s)))

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http://www.podval.org/~sds/ocaml-sucks.html OCaml Language Sucks I have been using OCaml at work for a year now, so here are some reasons why I would not want to use it for software development (but see caveats!). Static type checking No Macros Wrappers Places Minor Language Suckiness OCaml Implementation Sucks Standard Library Sucks OCaml Language Rocks Caveats Relevant Links Static type checki..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style In functional programming, continuation-passing style (CPS) is a style of programming in which control is passed explicitly in the form of a continuation. Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele, Jr. coined the phrase in AI Memo 349 (1975), which sets out the first version of the Scheme programming language.[1][2] A function written in continu..

http://mislav.uniqpath.com/2010/05/semicolons/ Semicolons in JavaScript are optional By Mislav Marohnić on 07 May 2010 JavaScript is a scripting language where semicolons as statement terminators are optional, as in: op·tion·al (adjective) Available to be chosen but not obligatory However, there is a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) around this feature and, as a result, most developers ..

(defn fib ([] (fib 1 1)) ([a b] (cons a (lazy-seq (fib b (+ a b)))))) (println (take 5 (fib))) (1 1 2 3 5)

http://www.jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html var xmlhttp=false; /*@cc_on @*/ /*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5) // JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions. // and security blocked creation of the objects. try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (E) { xmlhttp = false; } } ..

http://jng.imagine27.com/index.php/2009-08-19-011225_clojure_the_false_lisp.html * updated 2009-08-21 ** updated 2009-08-20 * !!! DISCLAIMER !!! Nowadays it’s frowned upon to criticize anything in society. It’s quite pervasive. That is unless you happen to also be criticizing the same thing that a group of other people are also criticizing. We hardly speak our minds, instead it’s more common to ..

http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/subprocess.html?q=system&q=generator#(def._((lib._racket/system..rkt)._system)) (system command) → boolean? command : (or/c string-no-nuls? bytes-no-nuls?) Executes a Unix, Mac OS X, or Windows shell command synchronously (i.e., the call to system does not return until the subprocess has ended). The command argument is a string or byte string containing no n..