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Submission + - Ruby 'compiler' in Common Lisp (imagine27.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 08, 2010 @03:26AM

An anonymous reader writes: The implementers of existing Ruby VMs have gone the way of C, C++ and Java.
There is another possibility. Why not implement Ruby in Common Lisp ?

Submission + - Real price of each pack of cigarettes is $149 (medicaldaily.com) 1

Submitted by markmark57 on Thursday October 07, 2010 @04:26PM

markmark57 writes: Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) estimate that each pack of cigarettes really costs €107 for men and €75 for women, when premature death is taken into account. These figures confirm previous studies, and are of key importance in the cost-benefit analysis of smoking-prevention policies.

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