Lisp: Returning Multiple Values From A Function
One of the interesting features of Lisp is its support for returning multiple values from a function, without bundling the values in a special…
Searching in iCure (Part-4)
When I transitioned from using printed repertories to computer repertories, I was surprised that the computer repertory followed the exact same structure as the…
Recognizing Drug Reactions (Part-3)
It is common knowledge that many allopathic drugs have side effects. This information can be found in books such as “Pocket Guide to Prescription…
Book Review – Homeopathy through the Chinese Looking Glass: Homeosiniatry Revisited
Title: Homeopathy through the Chinese Looking Glass: Homeosiniatry Revisited Author: Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD, Publisher: Emryss Publishers Year: 2011 Though I had purchased this…
Themes: Desirable Features of Homeopathic Software – Part 2
In an earlier post, I started to enumerate some features that I would like to see in a good homeopathic software, and how some…
Aspect-Oriented Programming and Lisp
Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a popular approach to handle cross-cutting concerns in an application. Common examples of cross-cutting functionality are Logging, Error Handling and…
Desirable Features of Homeopathic Software
There are many good homeopathic programs today. RADAR, RADAROpus, MacRepertory, ISIS, Mercurius, and Complete Dynamics are among the popular ones (I have with me…
Multimethods in Lisp
In object-oriented languages such as C++ and Java, virtual functions are dynamically dispatched based on the runtime type of the receiving object. But if…
Learning LISP – Resources
During my talks on Lisp Programming, I am invariably asked to suggest good books to start learning the language. Here is a (partial) list…
Experimenting with Wearable Devices!
Adafruit develops nice wearable devices. Flora is one of their popular Arduino wearable modules. I stitched together the Flora module, Accelerometer/Compass and NeoPixel on a…