Re: Aha! moments

On 27 Sep 2006 17:12:44 -0400, Zach Beane <xach@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

- inspecting a GF object in slime

What are some of the things that triggered your own Aha! moments? What
sort of stuff delighted you when you discovered it? What advice would
you give people who want to have more Aha! moments?

- macros of course, in particular, writing a DSL for defining
GUI menu hierarchies

- learning what generic functions are and what you can do
with them in CLOS (e.g. the different kinds of specializers)

- the MOP (and every MOP-related thread in this newsgroup is
making me aware that I'm still hanging onto preconceived
notions about OOP)

- incremental programming with SLIME

--
Jack Unrue
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