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$ cat b.rb

(1..10).map { |n|
  array = (1..5_000_000).map {|x| x * x }
}

$ time ruby b.rb

real	0m5.502s
user	0m5.344s

jots

#!strongSpaces
import jester, strtabs, htmlgen, strutils, os

proc fib(n: int): int =
  if n < 2:
    result = n
  else:
    result = fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)

get "/fib/?":

jots

#include <stdio.h>

#define BUFSIZE 8*1024
int main()
{
  FILE                *fp = stdin;    /* or use fopen to open a file */
  char buf[BUFSIZE+1];
  unsigned long   c,    n = 0;
  int i, chars_read;

jots

# nimrod c -d:ssl connect.nim 
# connect.nim(12, 4) Error: undeclared identifier: 'isSSL='

import sockets, strutils

var 
  sock: TSocket
  server = "www.google.com"
  port = 443

jots

# nimrod c -d:ssl connect.nim 

import sockets, strutils

let defaultSSLContext = newContext(verifyMode = CVerifyNone)

var 
  s = socket()
  server = "www.google.com"

jots

# length of data in 32-bit unsigned, network (big-endian) byte order
# plus the data (and increase length by 4 to account for length field
def packed(xml)
  [xml.size + 4].pack("N") + xml
end

puts packed("a test packet")

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var r = 0
var tmp:int32  = cast[int32](pkt.len)
var thenum:int32 = 0
bigEndian32(addr(thenum), addr(tmp))
echo repr(addr(thenum))
r = s.send(addr(thenum), 4)

jots

import strutils

# use mod == 0 a lot...
proc mod0(a,b:int):bool = (a mod b) == 0

# if i try to add to "result" directly I get a SIGSEGV
# so use "res" instead.  why?
# oh yeah and there's probably a much better way to do this...
proc addCommas(s:string): string =

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var buckets: array[0..9, string]

# initialize. wish they were automagically initialized
for i in 0..buckets.high: buckets[i] = ""

# XXX  not work
for i in 0..1:
  for buck in buckets: 
    # following line doesn't work. compile error:
    # Error: for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed

jots

import unsigned

type hp = array[0..1,uint32]
var 
  cells: seq[hp] = @[]
  ncells = 3
cells.add( [uint32(1),uint32(0)] )
echo repr(cells)
# => 0x7f8197d0b050[[(invalid data!), (invalid data!)]]