Old Lisp programs
I found an old chess program that Mark Watson (somehow I can't find the original link anymore, my Gist mirroring it is here). I was wondering what it would take to get it to run again, and I was s…
Lisp
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Common Lisp nits/tips/libraries: Iteration
Background Every once in a while, I see a mention of how Common Lisp really does support “non-functional” styles, and then cl:loop is trotted in, with attendant examples that make your eyes glaze ove…
A giant CS/Lisp rant
Read the whole piece here, here’s a flavor: Why are we not out there to offer a real database system with Common Lisp datatypes instead of the tragic mess that SQL imposes on us in the C-based APIs o…
On syntax, in Haskell and Lisp
Yes, but not so much simplicity of syntax. I’m misled here by a superficial resemblance between the cultures of Haskell and Lisp. Both cultures are obsessed with mechanically processing code, and ther…
Nit-picking languages
It’s that (too frequent) time again … when I anxiously (and full of fickleness) wonder what language to increase familiarity with. The last year, I learnt quite a bit of common lisp, or atleast enoug…
Nit-picking languages
It's that (too frequent) time again ... when I anxiously (and full of fickleness) wonder what language to increase familiarity with. The last year, I learnt quite a bit of common lisp, or atleast…
The universal type
CL-USER> (setf universe (find-class 't)) #<BUILT-IN-CLASS T> CL-USER> (typep universe universe) T…
A graphical Repl for Lisp
Finally found one of the things I was looking for! GTFL is a (ql:quickload "gtfl") call away. See this pdf to find out more. Meanwhile, here is an example:…
Lisp, CLOS and Math
What, you say, mathematicians just have to use Haskell ?? Stop right there, and read this. Technically, there's nothing new to see here at all. Lisp is high-level and low-level. Lisp is multi-pa…
Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham
Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham I came across [this paper] recently, and it challenged some of the thoughts/assumptions that had been building in my mind for a while (it discusses Scheme vs Mi…
Calculating, Scheming, and Paul Graham
I came across [this paper] recently, and it challenged some of the thoughts/assumptions that had been building in my mind for a while (it discusses Scheme vs Miranda, but you can imagine Lisp vs Haske…
Summing up
I came across this post talking about numerical speed in Clojure, so I thought I would try out the equivalent in Common Lisp (Clozure CL) on my Macbook: CL-USER> (let* ((arr-size 3000000)…