What's so great about Lisp? - Stack Overflow
Jan 10, 2010 · I don't know enough Lisp to say whether it's good or bad. It seems like everyone who has used Lisp loves it, yet the most popular languages these days are descended from C. …
What is lisp used for today and where do you think it's going?
Lisp is used in many applications, but mostly not the way CS students learn it. They use Lisp for basic CS concepts. Real Lisp software often looks different. More macros, more object …
Newest 'lisp' Questions - Stack Overflow
I am a beginner lisp programmer, and I'm following the Practical Common Lisp book, specifically chapter 9. After finishing the chapter, I've tried to expand the unit-testing environment.
lisp - What is an S-Expression - Stack Overflow
Oct 23, 2022 · Code in any language that amount to a value is an expression. Lisp code is just lists with elements, a fundmental datastructure in lisp, however the plan was to use a syntax …
syntax - What does # mean in LISP - Stack Overflow
Feb 2, 2011 · Often Lisp users develop embedded languages and to make that a bit easier, the Common Lisp standard tries to keep character usage down to a minimum and also provides …
When to use ' (or quote) in Lisp? - Stack Overflow
Sep 5, 2017 · In Emacs Lisp for example a symbol can have 1) data associated with it AND (at the same time - for the same symbol) 2) code associated with it - depending on the context, …
Difference between `set`, `setq`, and `setf` in Common Lisp?
May 15, 2009 · If SET and SETQ are to be booted from a Common Lisp successor, they will have to get some replacement. Their use in high-level code is limited, but low-level code (for …
Lisp: How to write an if statement with multiple conditions?
Feb 3, 2022 · Lisp: How to write an if statement with multiple conditions? Asked 3 years, 8 months ago Modified 3 years, 8 months ago Viewed 2k times
Are there any Common Lisp implementations for .Net?
Sep 21, 2008 · There are bigger issues, for example common lisp has a more powerful object system, so you can't map it 1:1 to object in the runtime (no MI, for one). This is ok, but leaves …
lisp - Elisp: how can I express else-if - Stack Overflow
Nov 19, 2016 · In elisp, the if statement logic only allows me an if case and else case.