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Archive of entries posted on December 2008
Lua Programming Gems out!
Hot from the presses, the book is finally here. The table of contents, the front matter and the free chapter 2 are in the book homepage.
Will code for money
Thanks to the Financial World Crisis, my employer wants to relocate me to a place where it will spend less money paying me and with less infra-structure. As I do not intend to relocate, I therefore offer my good coding skills for money. Remember that Brazillian paying rates are lower than European and American ones! [...]
Equivalent of and-let*?
By this point I believe it’s clear that I am a big fan of Scheme. Lately I have seen a sharp rise of interest in Ruby in some virtual places I attend (#lisp-br, twitter, IM with coworkers etc.). I am sure Ruby is a fine language, even in spite of several complaints I hear from [...]
Paul Graham’s strategy
I have disappeared for a while, but my excuse is that I have been coding furiously. I intend to write a lot more in the not-so-far-away future. In the meanwhile, a quick post. From time to time I read another Paul Graham essay, usually when they are cited in some Reddit or Slashdot thread. He [...]