Alexis King

Chicago, IL, USA

https://lexi-lambda.github.io

Programming language nerd. I work on a language called Hackett, as well as other parts of the Racket project. I hang out in the racket, haskell, and scheme tags on Stack Overflow.

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How should I read type system notation?

types type-systems notation asked Aug 13 at 2:18

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Help me make myself a better moderator—give me statistics about my own close vote accuracy!

discussion feature-request vote-to-close personal-statistics asked Feb 8, 2015 at 6:12

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77 votes

How to compile using -Xlint:unchecked in a Maven project?

java maven netbeans asked Sep 16, 2012 at 17:54

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67 votes

Java Custom Serialization

java serialization asked Sep 3, 2011 at 2:29

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63 votes

What is the difference between quote and list?

scheme racket evaluation quote asked Jan 25, 2016 at 3:18

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56 votes

What are the differences (if any) between ES6 arrow functions and functions bound with Function.prototype.bind?

javascript ecmascript-6 arrow-functions function-binding asked Sep 12, 2015 at 4:17

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50 votes

“Illegal type synonym family application in instance” with functional dependency

haskell functional-dependencies type-families asked Jul 27, 2017 at 21:02

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36 votes

Get number of characters read by sscanf?

c string-parsing sscanf asked Nov 21, 2012 at 22:31

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34 votes

What is the lifecycle of a C++ object?

c++ memory-management asked Jun 15, 2013 at 7:36

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30 votes

Why did Git create a merge commit with no file changes?

git git-merge asked Apr 14, 2012 at 21:58

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How should I read type system notation?

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What is the difference between quote and list?

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JavaScript - Nuances of myArray.forEach vs for loop

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Difference between file, file_get_contents, and fopen in PHP

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How do I remove all null and empty string values from an object?

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Is the monadic IO construct in Haskell just a convention?

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What language design features made Lisp useful for Artificial Intelligence research?

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What exactly is a "continuation prompt?"

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What are getters and setters for in ECMAScript 6 classes?

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fmap and "flat map" in Haskell

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Avoiding student confusion about the meaning of `x == a or b`

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What are the differences (if any) between ES6 arrow functions and functions bound with Function.prototype.bind?

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Typeclasses and overloading, what is the connection?

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please tell me when to use getInstance() method in java.

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Is it possible to place an outgoing underground belt first?

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Splitting and converting String to int

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Why is it so hard to evaluate functions with constant arguments at compile-time?

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What's your favorite proof accessible to a general audience?

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How can I get my redstone to activate adjacent pistons?

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What does seq actually do in Haskell?

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What are the pros and cons of single-pass compilers?

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How to test if two functions are the same?

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Where is my Minecraft folder on Windows?

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Why does Rust choose not to provide `for` comprehensions?

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Which book should I choose to get into the Lisp World?

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I'm breaking blocks faster than normal, is this a bug?

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What obstacles prevented C and C++ from standardizing π?

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How to prevent undecidable type systems?

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Is there any way to avoid this seed planting bug?

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Why is join standalone, instead of part of the minimal implementation of the Monad typeclass?

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