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by SoulFireMage
Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:29 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Intro and hello :)
Replies: 3
Views: 11197

Re: Intro and hello :)

Thank you Sylwestor. I used Gambit on Android to try stuff in chapter 1 - it worked very well so initially I'll be using this whilst I'm away in a few days time. I did start fiddling with Emacs but there's a limit to the steep learning curves I can handle at once, so it'll be LispWorks personal for ...
by SoulFireMage
Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:05 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Intro and hello :)
Replies: 3
Views: 11197

Intro and hello :)

Hi folks Total Lisp newbie here and have been looking at SCIP as a way to improve on my general coding skill. I've not yet successfully linked Emacs to my Gnu lisp 2.61 - I'm a bit skeptical that I should tackle Emacs AND learn Lisp at once, however I've got Gambit on the android and Lispworks perso...
by SoulFireMage
Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:37 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Learning to read and comprehend math notation
Replies: 3
Views: 11315

Re: Learning to read and comprehend math notation

This book helped me massively: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maths-Chemistry-chemists-toolkit-calculations/dp/0199541299 The Sigma (big E) was explained very simply as is capital Pi. I like the comparision of the For loop to explain Sigma, as this is how I see it. The Pi is not summing, you multiply inste...
by SoulFireMage
Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Shrinking market for hardcore programmers?
Replies: 4
Views: 13274

Re: Shrinking market for hardcore programmers?

It's funny, I've landed here because I'd like to learn Lisp - partly because I'm on a mission to cover fundamentals that old school coders and CS graduates covered as kids. I didn't start coding until about 4 years ago-even then it was off and on as work wasn't meant to be coding. Still, I find myse...