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An Abstractionist that seeks to become an implementationst [closed]

I'm an abstractionist (I suppose), I am not very fond of implementing things unless they pose some challenges other than Do-It-Fast, rather I very much enjoy refactoring the code, viewing it from some ...
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Practical reference for learning about graph reduction

Are there any practical references (with actual examples) for getting started implementing a small, lazy functional programming language with graph reduction? A reference that included the lexing and ...
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How can “hash functions” be used to implement hash maps at all?

My understandment is that hash maps allow us to link, say, a string, to certain memory location. But if every string were to be linked to a unique place in memory it would need a huge block of empty ...
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Which Common Lisp implementation to use?

There seems to be an immediate problem with starting to develop in Common Lisp: choosing an implementation. What should one take into account, and how much weight should it bear when considering a CL ...
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Good practices when writing a parser for a standard file format (such as ePub)

I am considering writing an Android reader software that can read ePubs and display them. I checked the ePub standard documents. However, these contain a lot of information. So I am wondering what ...
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combining ruby and C++

I've been discussing a conceptual project with a friend of mine and the the most effective way we've seen of doing it is writing the engine in C++ while the logic would be done in Ruby. However, we ...
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What's the difference between development and implementation?

I have a very broad question. I usually came across to the phrases Design & Development and Design & Implementation. Are there any difference between them ? If so what are they ?
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What is the proper way to do REST?

Everybody nowadays does SOA, even if some don't actually understand what is all about. So they do it wrong. Using that as an analogy I know what REST is (or at least I think I do) and want to do some ...
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wizard-like data collection implementation help (next, next, finish)

I'm beginning to build an interface for our field techs to close out work orders and we have many different required paper forms for different customers. I had hoped to build a system where i can set ...
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Thoughts on web development architecture through integrating C++ in the future to a web application

I'm looking to build a website (it's actually going to be a commercial startup) I saw this question and it really shed some light on a few things that I was hoping to understand (kudos to the op). ...
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how can you avoid version nightmare?

I am in charge of the deployment or implementation work.Due to my company's immaturity product,there is a version upgrade serveral days. Each time there is a upgrade version,I had to notify the ...
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A better way of doing Regex? [duplicate]

I really dislike regular expressions, each time I come back to it I seem to have to relearn it. It's also incredibly hard to maintain, modify and at a glance understand what it is doing. Has anyone ...
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Why does Java's String class not implement a more efficient indexOf()?

Following the below question on Stack Overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5564610/fast-alernative-for-stringindexofstring-str I got to wondering why it is that java (6 at least) not use a ...
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Question about a voting system implementation

I am implementing a voting system and need some input from fellow programmers. Do you see anything that could go wrong by having users input a valid email and perhaps have a captcha to stop automated ...
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Conways Game of Life C#

Not sure if this is the correct place for this question or SO - mods please move if necessary. I am going to have a go at creating GoL over the weekend as a little test project : ...

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