Greg Bacon

Huntsville, AL

http://blog.gbacon.com/

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Claim to Fame: I coined the phrases Perl golf and XY problem.

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How do you use Control.Applicative to write cleaner Haskell?

haskell coding-style asked Jan 20, 2010 at 19:52

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49 votes

How can I set up a simple test with Cabal?

testing haskell cabal asked Jun 25, 2009 at 15:22

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40 votes

Everyday encounters with NP-complete problems

np-hardness big-list asked Aug 23, 2010 at 22:41

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40 votes

Regular expressions aren't

automata-theory pl.programming-languages fl.formal-languages regular-expressions terminology asked Aug 23, 2010 at 23:01

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38 votes

How do I estimate Strunk & White progress?

support status-completed badges edit-badges badge-progress asked Feb 12, 2010 at 14:42

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37 votes

What rules make “Remember me, who am your friend” grammatical?

grammaticality verb-agreement relative-clause personal-pronouns grammatical-person asked Jun 5, 2011 at 20:39

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26 votes

How do the rules of English inform understanding of one of our language's most disputed sentences?

grammar syntax asked Jun 5, 2011 at 20:33

english.stackexchange.com

25 votes

Inferred type appears to detect an infinite loop, but what's really happening?

haskell type-inference type-systems ml hindley-milner asked Dec 2, 2009 at 0:49

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24 votes

May a non-instrument pilot legally file IFR as long as he amends and doesn’t accept an instrument clearance?

faa-regulations instrument-flight-rules visual-flight-rules flight-plans asked Jan 28, 2016 at 0:45

aviation.stackexchange.com

23 votes

How do I use GitHub through harsh proxies?

git github asked Jun 24, 2009 at 18:28

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Git error: "Host Key Verification Failed" when connecting to remote repository

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