Understanding a catamorphism (by writing a simple one)
A lot of the time, people haven't heard of catamorphisms, or misunderstand what it is. Let's make it simple, and better yet, let's write one on our own!
Topic
Data Structures
A collection of 3 issues
Implementing a custom collection type in clojure — the leftist heap, a persistent priority queue
While I’m usually very happy with the powerful abstractions in clojure, what happens when we want more? How do these hold up? Let’s find…
Generating tickets for tambola — or bingo, or housie, or whatever
Recently, I’ve been fiddling with clojure and having some fun. It has some pretty powerful abstractions that allow neatly expressing ideas…