Tag Archives: Lisp

Common Lisp Pitfalls

Posted on 2012-01-12 by jcs

Here is a list of Common Lisp pitfalls compiled by Jeff Dalton. They were originally posted to comp.lang.lisp in 1995. If, like me, you’re a Lisp programmer but you don’t write in Common Lisp everyday, it’s probably a good idea … Continue reading →

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A Puzzle

Posted on 2012-01-09 by jcs

After stumbling onto Justin Heyes-Jones’ compile-command tip that I wrote about previously, I decided to trawl through JustinHJ’s Coding Blog to see what other goodies I could find. One interesting post, Word numbers programming puzzle, discusses one of the ITA … Continue reading →

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The Power Of S-Expressions

Posted on 2011-12-19 by jcs

In view of the fact that my last few posts have concentrated on the use of S-expressions to represent data—in particular, to represent log file entries—this seems like a good time to link to S-expressions: The most powerful data structure … Continue reading →

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Filtering Lisp-Based Log Files With Emacs Wrap-Up

Posted on 2011-12-17 by jcs

Yesterday’s post discussed some rudimentary methods of having log files stored as Lisp filter themselves. Today I planned to finish that discussion and remark on how Emacs provides a powerful environment for exploratory programming. The discussion of the 3 challenge … Continue reading →

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Filtering Log Files Stored As Lisp With Emacs

Posted on 2011-12-16 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about transforming log files stored as Lisp. Today, I want to continue that theme by considering how we can have the log file filter itself so that we can pick out records meeting certain criteria. I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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More Fun With Log Files Stored As Lisp

Posted on 2011-12-15 by jcs

A couple of days ago, I wrote about Converting S-Expressions To XML in Emacs. That post was occasioned by my recent rereading of Steve Yegge’s The Emacs Problem in which he talks about, among other things, the utility of storing … Continue reading →

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Ruby vs. Lisp

Posted on 2011-12-11 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about Steve Yegge’s The Emacs Problem post in which he examined a claim by a colleague that, among other things, Emacs should be rewritten to use Ruby as the interpreter. Today, serendipitously, I came across Learning Ruby, … Continue reading →

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Two Great New Lisp Blogs

Posted on 2011-10-01 by jcs

Recently, Zach Beane and stassats have started new blogs about Common Lisp and Slime. Beane, the well-known Xach, is writing the Common Lisp Tips blog, which promises a new Common Lisp tip every day. As of today, there are only … Continue reading →

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Scheme Versus Common Lisp

Posted on 2011-09-27 by jcs

A lot has been written about Scheme versus Common Lisp and the subject has achieved holy war status much like that of the Emacs versus Vi crusades. I use and am happy with both. I like that Scheme is a … Continue reading →

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Most Of Let Over Lambda Is Now On-line (Mostly)

Posted on 2011-08-19 by jcs

I’ve been wanting to read Doug Hoyte’s Let Over Lambda for some time but I’ve held off because I’m trying to avoid buying physical books. I kept thinking that it would appear as an ebook on Amazon or iBooks but … Continue reading →