Comments on: It has been awhile http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/ Lisp Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bryan http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-51 Bryan Wed, 09 May 2007 23:31:35 +0000 http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-51 Actually, all the developers choosing haskell had scheme in college. All of the others had not. Actually, all the developers choosing haskell had scheme in college. All of the others had not.

]]> By: Dimiter "malkia" Stanev http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-50 Dimiter "malkia" Stanev Wed, 09 May 2007 20:21:23 +0000 http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-50 I agree with Sean. Lots of colleagues are just of afraid of it, being exposed it in college/uni. Some horror stories. I've started learning lisp last year, bought LispWorks, and I'm happily hacking some little apps. One problem so far I see, is that the more I learn, the more I see that more is to be learned. I'm afraid I can't open my eyes more than that. I used to play more pc/video games, now I have fun playing with Lisp. (Common Lisp, and just a little mit/plt Scheme). I agree with Sean.

Lots of colleagues are just of afraid of it, being exposed it in college/uni. Some horror stories. I’ve started learning lisp last year, bought LispWorks, and I’m happily hacking some little apps. One problem so far I see, is that the more I learn, the more I see that more is to be learned. I’m afraid I can’t open my eyes more than that. I used to play more pc/video games, now I have fun playing with Lisp. (Common Lisp, and just a little mit/plt Scheme).

]]> By: Sean http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-48 Sean Tue, 08 May 2007 19:13:38 +0000 http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-48 "No one chose Lisp or Scheme." It's likely a lot of folks might have already had a good deal of exposure to it at uni. Interesting that I learned lisp in a similar, albeit independent of uni\work, "mind expanding exercise" and found it really rewarding. “No one chose Lisp or Scheme.”

It’s likely a lot of folks might have already had a good deal of exposure to it at uni. Interesting that I learned lisp in a similar, albeit independent of uni\work, “mind expanding exercise” and found it really rewarding.

]]> By: Bryan http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-47 Bryan Tue, 08 May 2007 12:03:23 +0000 http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-47 True. In my day job we have tested a lot of OCR engines and, unfortunately, there are no really good ones for Linux-- at least for what we do. We would love to have one for Linux-- in fact we are about to start a project to create an OCR engine for our specific problem domain. It seems all of the companies doing ocr are targetting Windows. True. In my day job we have tested a lot of OCR engines and, unfortunately, there are no really good ones for Linux– at least for what we do. We would love to have one for Linux– in fact we are about to start a project to create an OCR engine for our specific problem domain. It seems all of the companies doing ocr are targetting Windows.

]]> By: user http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-46 user Tue, 08 May 2007 05:33:39 +0000 http://dispossessed.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/its-been-awhile/#comment-46 Sadly TOCR runs on windows only. Sadly TOCR runs on windows only.

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