Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Răzvan Rotaru
The keyword here is speed. Multimethods are not fast. They don't use the JVM for dispatch (as far as I know). Protocols are fast. That's the reason for their existence. I want to find out whether there's some effort invested in making fast multiple dispatch in Clojure (and how else can it be

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Robert Levy
But isn't that the whole point of protocols, polymorphic dispatch that is fast? On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Răzvan Rotaru razvan.rot...@gmail.comwrote: The keyword here is speed. Multimethods are not fast. They don't use the JVM for dispatch (as far as I know). Protocols are fast. That's

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Alex Baranosky
Razvan, are you asking about dispatch on multiple types... protocols only give fast dispatch on their first arg's type. Currently you can either get fast dispatch on the type of the first arg, or you get slower dispatch on anything w/ multimethods. On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Robert Levy

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Mark Engelberg
The word fast is relative, of course. I've been happily using Clojure's multimethods for a long time. They are certainly fast enough for a wide range of uses. I've seen a couple instances where people used a couple levels of protocols (e.g., one function dispatching on the type of the first

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Robert Levy
Multiple vs single dispatch, hmm. You can always use a case statement too. On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Mark Engelberg mark.engelb...@gmail.comwrote: The word fast is relative, of course. I've been happily using Clojure's multimethods for a long time. They are certainly fast enough for

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Mikera
I don't think there is currently a way to do this that is simultaneously: 1) Generic (dispatches on the type of all arguments) 2) Extensible (can be extended to new types at runtime) 3) Fast (about as fast as JVM dispatch allows) Protocols give you 2) and 3). Multimethods give you 1) and 2).

Re: Status of Generic Functions (a la lisp)

2013-08-04 Thread Răzvan Rotaru
I've seen a couple instances where people used a couple levels of protocols (e.g., one function dispatching on the type of the first argument in turn calling something that dispatches on the second argument) in order to get some additional speed with multiple dispatch on type, but I

Re: [ANN] Nightcode, an IDE for Clojure and Java

2013-08-04 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi Zach, 0.0.1 worked OK. 0.0.3 gives this error when Run with REPL: Error: Could not find or load main class nightcode.lein TIA, Arie 2013/8/3 Zach Oakes zsoa...@gmail.com Thanks for the complements! I just released 0.0.2, which should make Run/Build faster and more reliable. It also

question about 10k processes post

2013-08-04 Thread Brent Millare
From David Nolen's recent post with core.async, http://swannodette.github.io/2013/08/02/10-processes/ in the last let block, what is the purpose of: (when (zero? (mod i 1000)) (! (timeout 0))) ? Why pull from a channel that produces nothing useful (nil) ? What create a timeout

Re: trying out overtone, leipzip, chris-ford's functional composition code

2013-08-04 Thread Chris Ford
Hi Geoff, Thanks for taking an interest. :-) The first thing I would recommend on getting a Clojure environment set up is to install Leiningen https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen. That's the most popular Clojure build tool, and it will take care of things like managing the Java classpath

Re: question about 10k processes post

2013-08-04 Thread David Nolen
That's a hack for some versions of Safari and probably better handled inside of render-loop. The problem is dispatch backed by MessageChannel in Safari and seeing repaints. On Sunday, August 4, 2013, Brent Millare wrote: From David Nolen's recent post with core.async,

Re: trying out overtone, leipzip, chris-ford's functional composition code

2013-08-04 Thread Geoffrey Knauth
On Sunday, August 4, 2013 9:06:35 AM UTC-5, Chris Ford wrote: Thanks for taking an interest. :-) Of course, Chris. Your stuff is fantastic. I can't wait for my son Alex to see and hear it. I tried your instructions and I think I'm close: [gknauth@merlin chris-ford]$ cd

Re: trying out overtone, leipzip, chris-ford's functional composition code

2013-08-04 Thread Chris Ford
Ooops. Try this instead: (use 'goldberg.variations.canone-alla-quarta) On 4 August 2013 17:57, Geoffrey Knauth ge...@knauth.org wrote: On Sunday, August 4, 2013 9:06:35 AM UTC-5, Chris Ford wrote: Thanks for taking an interest. :-) Of course, Chris. Your stuff is fantastic. I can't

Re: trying out overtone, leipzip, chris-ford's functional composition code

2013-08-04 Thread Geoffrey Knauth
That worked, many thanks! On Sunday, August 4, 2013 10:07:41 AM UTC-5, Chris Ford wrote: Ooops. Try this instead: (use 'goldberg.variations.canone-alla-quarta) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send

Re: the snake game with core.async and swing

2013-08-04 Thread Daniel
Or quil, a processing wrapper, would be well suited to this application. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be

FYI: Intro to Clojure video from Java Tech Boise and Justin Reed

2013-08-04 Thread John Conti
Hi all, Justin Reed recently spoke at our local user group on Clojure. One thing I like about this talk is it addresses many of the concerns and complaints of programmers who do not want to try Clojure *because* it is a Lisp. http://youtu.be/CvRGJGK09tc Cheers, John -- -- You received

Incanter 1.5.2 has been released

2013-08-04 Thread Alex Ott
Hi all I've just pushed new release of Incanter to Clojars. This is mostly bugfix release. More information is at http://data-sorcery.org/2013/08/04/incanter-1-5-2-bugfix-release/ -- With best wishes,Alex Ott http://alexott.net/ Twitter: alexott_en (English), alexott

Re: FYI: Intro to Clojure video from Java Tech Boise and Justin Reed

2013-08-04 Thread Jim - FooBar();
the video is not available from that link... Jim On 04/08/13 17:25, John Conti wrote: Hi all, Justin Reed recently spoke at our local user group on Clojure. One thing I like about this talk is it addresses many of the concerns and complaints of programmers who do not want to try Clojure

Re: FYI: Intro to Clojure video from Java Tech Boise and Justin Reed

2013-08-04 Thread Frank Hale
That video seems to work fine for me. On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Jim - FooBar(); jimpil1...@gmail.comwrote: the video is not available from that link... Jim On 04/08/13 17:25, John Conti wrote: Hi all, Justin Reed recently spoke at our local user group on Clojure. One thing I

Re: FYI: Intro to Clojure video from Java Tech Boise and Justin Reed

2013-08-04 Thread Jim - FooBar();
hmmm... this is strange. I am getting the classic The video is currently unavailable. Learn more crap ... Jim On 04/08/13 20:59, Frank Hale wrote: That video seems to work fine for me. On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Jim - FooBar(); jimpil1...@gmail.com mailto:jimpil1...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Incanter 1.5.2 has been released

2013-08-04 Thread Bruce Durling
Alex, Thanks for taking the time to do this and keep Incanter going! cheers, Bruce On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Alex Ott alex...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I've just pushed new release of Incanter to Clojars. This is mostly bugfix release. More information is at

Re: Can we please deprecate the :use directive ?

2013-08-04 Thread Anthony Grimes
I can't think of a single good reason to not deprecate :use. :require can do everything :use could do now. This isn't about whether or not (:use ..) without :only is bad. I'd go as far as to say that outside of test files (and sometimes not even those) and repl sessions, :use without :only is

Re: Incanter 1.5.2 has been released

2013-08-04 Thread Tom Faulhaber
Thanks for keeping the ball rolling, Alex. We appreciate it very much! Could you tag the release on github so that autodoc will build for it correctly? Thanks, Tom On Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:20:07 AM UTC-7, Alex Ott wrote: Hi all I've just pushed new release of Incanter to Clojars.

Re: [ANN] Nightcode, an IDE for Clojure and Java

2013-08-04 Thread Matthew Chadwick
this is great! please please add structural editing (not simply bracket-matching in a text-editor, but direct manipulation of Clojure data structures (including code). I've been trying out some ideas in this area would be happy to help out. On Friday, August 2, 2013 11:03:03 PM UTC+10, Zach

Re: [ANN] Nightcode, an IDE for Clojure and Java

2013-08-04 Thread Frank Hale
Zach, I just want to say THANK YOU for doing what you are doing. Your work is very much needed! Take care! On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Matthew Chadwick mathn...@gmail.comwrote: this is great! please please add structural editing (not simply bracket-matching in a text-editor, but