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Ordered words Problem

My racket solution to the Ordered Words Problem on Programming Praxis:

EDIT: A C++ solution.

EDIT EDIT: A Common Lisp solution.

bi-geek-pan linkspam 14 July 2015: OitNB, language documentary, factor, macros, african science fiction

bi

• Why Won't "Orange Is The New Black" Acknowledge That Bisexuals Exist
• Why Do I Sound So Gay? - The Daily Beast
• Bisexual Banter — Morgan talks about what he found most confusing as...

geek

• Factor, a practical concatenative language
• Fear of Macros a nice introduction to macro programming in Racket.

fan

• Why Africa is the new home of science fiction | Books | The Guardian

Don't be silly...

Last year, the New York Times published an article, “The Scientific Quest to Prove Bisexuality Exists“. Think about that for a second, and then imagine replacing the word “bisexuality” with aspects of your own identity — “The Scientific Quest to Prove Gay Exists” or “The Scientific Quest to Prove Black Exists” or even “The Scientific Quest to Prove Femininity Exists.” Kristal noted that a common thread she finds among the bisexual community is that their sexuality is flat out denied. “Almost all of the out bisexuals I know have been told they don’t know who they really are, that they don’t exist, that they’re really gay or really straight.” That they’re “selfish” or “greedy.”

— Don't Be Silly, You're NOT Bisexual! | Styleite

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Boy Scouts

Well, they finally did it: Boy Scouts executive committee endorses ending ban on gay leaders - The Washington Post

Boy Scouts of America votes to end ban on gay adults - BBC News

It's about 20 years too late to get me hooked back into Scouting as an adult volunteer. Now if they stop discriminating on the basis of religion, I might start buying popcorn. I'm not currently an atheist but still don't feel comfortable with that policy.

Euro Truck Simulator 2: Loving the Portraits

As part of my disenchantment with combat games, I seem to be getting into sims. So when I saw there was a Euro Truck Simulator 2 demo, I had to try it out. (Yes, I'm a gaming bottom feeder, and a few years behind.)

A criteria I have for games is "do I get to wear pants" (as opposed to bikini mail)? I can't tell if I'm wearing pants in this game. But I do get a nice selection of character portraits that are not obviously fantasy material. I wonder, but can't confirm, that some of the icons might be members of the development team. Still, it's a nice change.

Programming Puzzle: Phonebook Problem in Racket and C++

My weekend puzzle, solutions to the Partitioning The Telephone Book problem at Programming Praxis.

• Racket code (pastebin)
• C++ code (pastebin)

(I'm an amateur, especially with C++. Do not emulate.)