gigantic review of lion

Another list of CS papers to read

Predicate dispatching generalizes previous method dispatch mechanisms by permitting arbitrary predicates to control method applicability and by using logical implication between predicates as the overriding relationship. The method selected to handle a message send can depend not just on the classes of the arguments, as in ordinary object-oriented dispatch, but also on the classes of subcomponents, on an argument's state, and on relationships between objects. This simple mechanism subsumes and extends object-oriented single and multiple dispatch, ML-style pattern matching, predicate classes, and classifiers, which can all be regarded as syntactic sugar for predicate dispatching. This paper introduces predicate dispatching, gives motivating examples, and presents its static and dynamic semantics. An implementation of predicate dispatching is available.

The lambda calculus, and the closely related theory of combinators, are important in the foundations of mathematics, logic and computer science. This paper provides an informal and entertaining introduction by means of an animated graphical notation.

"A comprehensive roundup of El Reg's election stories. All the manifestos are covered, as are the parties' more ridiculous attempts by to curry favour with our tech-addled youth."

"Let Over Lambda (ISBN 978-1-4357-1275-1, 376+iv pp.) is one of the most hardcore computer programming books out there. Starting with the fundamentals, it describes the most advanced features of the most advanced language: COMMON LISP. The point of this book is to expose you to ideas that you might otherwise never be exposed to."

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"A universal set of building rules seems to guide the design of organic structures—from simple carboncompounds to complex cells and tissues"

A case study in rebuilding Yahoo! Harvester

Notes on discussions on a wide variety of functional programming papers, from a Harvard University Advanced Functional Programming class.... Looks like a mine of usuful info

"Spotted by Locals is a network of city bloggers providing up-to-the-minute local information - from a cosy London hideaway to Madrid's best kept museum secret"

HTML/CSS tips

Nice intro to the relationship between classes, objects in Ruby...

Good list of books and OSS software projects to study

A book investigating the development of Chinook, a checkers playing program, and how it came to beat the world Checkers champion, who had mastered an almost perfect game.

The "...aim in this essay is to re-frame Coontz’s careful history of the family in the language of economics, in the hope that this will yield useful insights about the future of marriage."

A classic cs text available free online.

Another paper on software engineering and multi agent systems.

The Law of Unintended Consequences