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==Log==
 
I've been playing with stubs. I edited the [[Template:Stub|template]] so that now by adding the <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> tag, it automatically adds the page to the [http://moacad.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Stubs Category:Stubs].
 
  
I also made a [[Template:Delete|deletion template]], so as to give an explanation, as well as add to the deletion group.
 
 
These actions have the side effect of adding the templates themselves to the categories. Ignore them when you see them (unless of course you want to edit them).
 
 
-[[User:Chrax|Chrax]] 21:08, 26 Dec 2004 (CST)
 
 
 
Fixed up [[Help:Editing]], so now it should actually be helpful.
 
 
-[[User:Chrax|Chrax]] 02:17, 28 Dec 2004 (CST)
 
 
 
Check out the [[Precalculus]] and [[Calculus I]] pages, and tell me whether you prefer the box template or the "See also".
 
 
-[[User:Chrax|Chrax]] 21:54, 8 Jan 2005 (EST)
 
 
==Talk to Me==
 
==Programming advice==
 
A couple of things: how does choosing Lisp make one a masochist? Also, can you give some examples of tasks you were able to break up algorithmically.
 
 
:Lisp (from what I've read/heard) is notoriously difficult to learn, and at times less than pleasant to write in. I myself have not used it, so I can't give any direct examples there.
 
:As far as tasks breaking up algorithmically, it is mostly math, because that's what I've always been good at. You do book problems long enough and you see patterns and then you follow the patterns rather than cognitively work out the problems. The same can be applied to other areas. For example. balancing chemical equations I had worked out at one point. -[[User:Chrax|Chrax]]
 
::Ah, I see. Well the truth is that Lisp is a pretty easy language to learn. Your main datatype is the list and then you have a bunch of operations like car, cdr, map, filter, etc, that operate upon lists. It's really quite elegant and neat. I will say that it's a different language than most of the currently popular C derivatives, and that makes it a little hard to pick up for C-style programmers, but to say it's for masochists just doesn't seem fair! - [[User:Mpnolan|Mpnolan]] 17:05, 28 Feb 2005 (EST)
 

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