Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Um, dude... it's the Lambda calculus! Inefficiency is built-in.

All the more reason to need to understand the efficient way to evaluate it.

>> I barely remember how a prolog interpreter works, let alone how to 
>> code one. I think I did a unification engine back in college for a 
>> class assignment, tho.
> 
> Heh. This coming from the guy who was telling *me* how unification 
> works. :-P

That's the point, tho. I vaguely remember how it works, well enough to know 
why I care or would want it. If you asked me to *do* it correctly, I'd have 
to look up how.

>> So there you go. Mandelbrot and Turtle fractals are about the only 
>> thing on your list I could do off the top of my head without sitting 
>> down for a day or more to learn what I need to know. I don't think 
>> there's anything on your list I *couldn't* do. You just wouldn't want 
>> to pay me to learn it first, given folks like you are looking for 
>> jobs. :-)
> 
> Hmm... interesting perspective.

Of course there are things I'm already good at. Just not the stuff you're 
talking about. :-)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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