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Re:Dcpu-lisp: a static Lisp that compiles to DCPU-16 on Saturday April 21, 2012 @12:38AM (#3870917)
But it does have Macros. Being able to write a macro that changes the AST is pretty awesome. Definitely a LISP.
Re:Who Killed Prolog? on Monday August 29, 2011 @08:09AM (#2936863)
"Logic programming is a cool idea, but not that useful for most things"

Except that many regard Prolog as a precursor that little used language SQL.

Re:ClojureScript vs Coffeescript on Sunday August 28, 2011 @06:28PM (#2935180)
Given that the author writes the same physics-based app in both - it seems you're disagreeing with the author.
Re:ClojureScript vs Coffeescript on Sunday August 28, 2011 @06:27PM (#2935177)
This is Pacman in Clojurescript: https://github.com/mjg123/pacman

This is Pacman in Javascript (I couldn't find one in Coffeescript): https://github.com/macek/google_pacman

Non-embryonic stem cells developed from skin cells

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093003211.html?hpid=topnews

"Scientists reported Thursday they had developed a technique that can quickly create safe alternatives to human embryonic stem cells, a major advance toward developing a less controversial approach for treating for a host of medical problems.The researchers published a series of experiments showing they can use laboratory-made versions of naturally occurring biological signals to quickly...

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I like how they pull it out step by step. The Y-Combinator just sort of falls out of the process.