Paul Hollingsworth

Paul Hollingsworth has asked 28 questions and find answers to 30 problems.

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I'm a software developer working in financial services in London.

Previously I did a lot of C++ - but lately have been doing a lot of .NET and functional programming.

Projects: http://patient0.github.com/FirstClassLisp/

Paul Hollingsworth questions

Idiom for using SqlDataReader as a resource
C# equivalent of std::sort and std::unique
Simplest example of backwards continuations in Scheme without explicit mutation
Array initialization in Managed C++
.NET SqlConnection class, connection pooling and reconnection logic
Scheme: Implementing n-argument compose using fold
How to escape command line arguments on PowerShell?
Is NumberFormat.getInstance guaranteed to create a new instance?
Why can't IEnumerator's be cloned?
Why java.lang.Object.getClass() (and reflection) is slower than usual?

Paul Hollingsworth answers

Setting environment variables in pre-build event and using in compilation step
Scheme/Lisp nested loops and recursion
What C-integration problems arise with stackless VM implementations?
Composable Grammars
Why doesn't Scheme support first class environments?
Poor man's "lexer" for C#
Design patterns to avoid [closed]
Making build process independent of GAC