There are currently 4 tutorials on writing different kinds of apps here.
(via reddit).
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Mitch Wand Symposium Slides are Up
Most of the slides from the Mitchfest talks are now available; linked here.
(via the little calculist)
The Mathematics Genealogy Project
The intent of this project is to compile information about ALL the mathematicians of the world. We earnestly solicit information from all schools who participate in the development of research level mathematics and from all individuals who may know desired information.
Please notice: Throughout this project when we use the word “mathematics” or “mathematician” we mean that word in a very inclusive sense. Thus, all relevant data from statistics, computer science, or operations research is welcome.
You can trace lineages as far back as Euler.
Change the REPL Prompt in Ikarus
Aziz added the ability to change the REPL prompt in the latest revision of Ikarus:
(waiter-prompt-string "")
(via ikarus-users)
Powerball Statistics
Using Syntax Highlighting to Flag Mutation
As Robby describes here, in a recent build of DrScheme he added mutation flagging to the syntax-highlighting.
Serious Statistics Programs Pay for the Fun Ones
Here is an article that explains how one of the four co-founders of SAS, a statistician, has an awesome job where the serious product (SAS) pays for him to develop the fun product (JMP).
Note: That is an understatement, as it probably would pay for him to stare at the ocean for the rest of his life if he wanted. It is still a good point, though: sell serious stuff to pay for the fun (for you) stuff.
Using Doxygen with MATLAB
Here is the link for a utility that converts MATLAB code to C so that Doxygen can generate documentation from it.
Java Control Flow: Do you really grok it?
Manu put out a challenge to it here.
bzlib/dbi – an extensible database interface for PLT
bzlib/dbi has just been made available via planet – inspired by Perl DBI, it is an extensible database interface, currently with the following drivers implemented:
bzlib/dbd-spgsql – wraps around schematics/spgsql
bzlib/dbd-jsqlite – wraps around jaymccarthy/sqlite
bzlib/dbd-jazmysql – wraps around jaz/mysql
bzlib/dbi/app – a kill-safe wrapper over raw database handles
bzlib/dbi/pool – a database connection pool wrapper
So if you need to switch within the three databases you now can do so more easily, and you get database connection pools and kill-safe wrappers for free.
You can find more details at http://weblambda.blogspot.com/2009/09/extensible-abstract-database-interace.html – which explains more in details about the interface.
(via PLT)