Tag Archives: Lisp

The Common Lisp Loop Macro

Posted on 2011-06-21 by jcs

I don’t like the CL Loop macro. I’m not alone on that; Paul Graham isn’t a fan either. On the other hand, Peter Seibel has a more positive view of them. That two accomplished and intelligent Lispers can disagree on … Continue reading →

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Lisp in a Production Environment

Posted on 2011-06-12 by jcs

Over at the Symbo1ics Blog, Robert Smith has a nice post on the myth that Lisp is inappropriate in a production environment. He says that, like many others, he believed that while Lisp is flexible and expressive it would not … Continue reading →

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Sedach on Lisp Macros

Posted on 2011-05-19 by jcs

Via Loper OS, here’s Vladimir Sedach on Lisp macros. He points out that the purpose of programming is automation and that once having realized that the next question is, “How can we automate our programming?” Sedach goes on to argue … Continue reading →

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An Oldie but Goodie

Posted on 2011-05-11 by jcs

I stumbled across this list of Lisp idioms on Hacker News yesterday. I’ve seen it before and if you’ve been around for a while, you probably have too. Still, it’s always fun to read it again. I enjoy the terse … Continue reading →

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