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Re:How to Define New Intrinsics in SBCL on Monday August 18, 2014 @12:59PM (#8193448)
Does the SBCL compiler use a separate third-party assembler? Otherwise, how does it know the POPCNT opcode/encoding? I didn't see the author specify it in the post.
Re:Why We Use OCaml on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @08:38PM (#8045402)
How do you feel about the fact that OCaml has no capacity for "real" multithreading? It seems that such capability will only become more important in the future.
Re:Let Me Google That For You Act on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:05PM (#7576467)
> Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act

So government documents are the inspiration for the way the Krang talk in the new TMNT cartoons...