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A module manager for newlisp
nl-install is a basic module manager for newlisp. With this first release, I have set up a repository for the Artful Code modules and included it in the default settings for the application.
Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed under Programming, SoftwareTags: newlisp -
Multiprocessing utilities for newLisp
newLisp’s Cilk API simplifies the task for forking new processes and retrieving the results of child processes’ calculations a breeze. Some patterns remain complex, particularly when dealing with shared state or managing access to resources. To formalize some of the more common patterns of usage with the Cilk API, semaphores, and shared memory, I have written a multiprocessing library for newLisp.
Jan 29th, 2009 | Filed under Programming, Software -
A better MySQL module for newLISP
The Mysql module has been written from scratch utilizing some of the more recent features of newLisp, such as FOOP and reference returns. One of its major design goals was to simplify use as well as broaden the features of the standard MySQL module, while at the same time allowing the creation of new, anonymous [...]
Jan 22nd, 2009 | Filed under Programming, Software -
Using the newLISP FFI
One of newLisp’s out-of-the-box features is its foreign function interface. It is simple to use, requiring only a minimal knowledge of C and a willingness to read documentation. Submit article
Jan 18th, 2009 | Filed under Programming -
MultiFormDict
For the moment, I am stuck on Django 0.96 on one of our servers at work, but needed the formset functionality from the newer forms module. It is a common problem and easily dealt with by prepending keys with a common token to group forms’ values together. I ended up writing a little derived class [...]
Jan 11th, 2009 | Filed under Programming