>> Comma comma comma comma comma comelia...
> 
>    LOL! That was funny Andrew!  :)

*takes a bow*

>     (Now I can't get rid of the song from my head!) Grrr...  ;)

Muhuhuhuhuh! >:-D

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Gilles Tran wrote:

> 47fb4807$1@news.povray.org...
>> Heh. A guy at school claimed to be able to fly - but only when nobody is
>> looking.
> 
> A new batch.
> 
> G.
> 
> 

Episode 8 reminds me of an old R.K Milholland comic.

Google can't find the image anywhere, seems the only place it's still 
viewable is his store. Oh well that will have to do. 
http://www.positivethinkers.net/postcard-rww-hentai.shtml

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On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:17:35 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Comma comma comma comma comma comelia...
>> 
>>    LOL! That was funny Andrew!  :)
> 
> *takes a bow*

Now make a comic out of it. ;-)

Jim

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Well, "functional" tends to mean two things: referencial transparency, 
> and first-class functions. 

Erlang has first-class functions as well as closures. Indeed, there are 
warnings in the docs saying things like "take care if you store a 
closure in a database that when you fetch it back out to run it, you're 
running the same version of the interpreter." :-)

>> How does Haskell handle things like the function for "the time right 
>> now"?
> 
> Sure. To the nearest picosecond, anyway. You can also measure CPU time 
> instead of wall time of you want. You'll need a monad, obviously. ;-)

I think I'll have to find a good explanation of monads again. :-)

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          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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> Erlang has first-class functions as well as closures. Indeed, there are 
> warnings in the docs saying things like "take care if you store a 
> closure in a database that when you fetch it back out to run it, you're 
> running the same version of the interpreter." :-)

Ooo. So much for "you can upgrade stuff in-place without shutting down". :-P

[Mind you, persistent *closures*? That's got to be a fairly rarely used 
feature...]

> I think I'll have to find a good explanation of monads again. :-)

The I/O monad is unusual as monads go, but essentially the I/O functions 
return I/O command objects instead of actually *performing* I/O, and you 
use the monad operators to join all those actions together until the 
"main" function essentially returns a *gaint* I/O command object that 
represents the operation of the entire program. [Obviously, containing 
lots of closures!]

This is only the conceptual model; in practice the compiler actually 
generates much the same code as a C compiler would. But it *does* mean 
that an "I/O action" is first-class, just like a function is...

There are famously "two ways" to look at monads. You can look as a monad 
as a kind of "container", or you can look at a monad as representing an 
"action" that can have special effects. In the former case, it's 
probably best to start by learning about the I/O monad. In the latter 
case, the Maybe and list monads are probably an easier starting point...

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>>>> Comma comma comma comma comma comelia...
>>>    LOL! That was funny Andrew!  :)
>> *takes a bow*
> 
> Now make a comic out of it. ;-)

Question: is "comelia" a word?

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>
>>       I'll get there one day... One day... One day...  ;)
>
> OK, I was expecting this sentence to contain the word "gadget". Damn it, 
> the 80s have ruined my brain! >_<

    "Dear Mr. Invisible,

       One day, I will use the gadget that you refer to, but for now, I'm 
truly sorry that the gadget that you refer to isn't available.

          You do know that everything on the web is trial and error, do you 
not?

           Just *plink* the keys for now, and you should be good to go.

            Yours,

             Mr. G"

             ;)

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On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:39:53 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>> Comma comma comma comma comma comelia...
>>>>    LOL! That was funny Andrew!  :)
>>> *takes a bow*
>> 
>> Now make a comic out of it. ;-)
> 
> Question: is "comelia" a word?

Does it matter?  ;-)

Jim

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>>>> Comma comma comma comma comma comelia...
>>>>    LOL! That was funny Andrew!  :)
>>> *takes a bow*

     Deservedly.  :)


>>
>> Now make a comic out of it. ;-)
>
> Question: is "comelia" a word?

    Not as far as I know, but contextually, that word works. I think it 
should be 'Karmelia' - if that is such a word too.

     But thanks for lightening my evening up, I don't care what you said, it 
made me laugh.  :)

       ~Steve~



>
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:39:53 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Question: is "comelia" a word?

"Comelia" is a name.


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