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calling python from lisp 5 36 (10/29/2008 12:34:10 AM) comp.lang.lisp Dear all, I'm trying to call from common lisp functions written for Sage (www.sagemath.org), which in turn is written in python. To do so, I tried http://common-lisp.net/project/python-on-lisp/. It was quite... axiomize (49)

Qi on top of NewLisp 7 62 (2/7/2008 12:18:17 PM) comp.lang.lisp hi Mark, is it possible to get Qi to work on top of NewLisp? I think NewLisp is really fantastic. http://newlisp.org/index.cgi?page=3DFeatures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewLISP Xah xah@xahlee.org =E2... xah (463)

def app = apply, problem 9 34 (4/29/2008 4:34:31 PM) comp.lang.lisp instead of: CL-USER> (apply #'+ '(1 2 3)) 6 i want to do: (app + (1 2 3)) (def app (oper expr) (apply #'oper 'expr)) doesnt work though, i get CL-USER> (app + (3 4)) 3 is not a function name (app + '(3... skanemupp (187)

Questions - Higer Order Functions 24 39 (4/30/2008 5:19:46 AM) comp.lang.lisp 1. Is a higher order function: a) a function that can take as a parameter another function b) a function that returns a function c) both? 2. In practice, are functions that return functions used frequently? ... rigaha (9)

Cells: Request for Kenny Tilton 31 40 (5/15/2008 12:34:16 AM) comp.lang.lisp Please port your library to C++. Thanks. ... sohail1 (186)

SBCL is now faster than Java, as fast as Ocaml, and getting better 236 93 (6/25/2008 5:12:35 AM) comp.lang.lisp Have you seen the shootout recently?: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all SBCL is only about 0.9 times slower than C++, 0.7 slower than C, 0.2 times faster than Java (client)... javuchi (458)

Turn an ordinary function into a generic function 37 35 (7/20/2008 4:39:31 PM) comp.lang.lisp I have just been watching http://www.archive.org/details/DanielGB1987, where at around 24:00 it is mentioned, that one can turn an ordinary function into a generic one. ("... those ordinary functions become the... leidischd (18)

how to check if a list is empty or nil? 8 42 (8/23/2008 3:59:31 PM) comp.lang.lisp (not (= lst nil)) (/= lst nil) empty?, list?, nil? does not work either. do I really have to use (= 0 (length lst)) seems inefficient if the lists can be big. ... circularfunc1 (105)

transforming code into typed code 23 45 (9/5/2008 3:30:46 PM) comp.lang.lisp I cannot program in any language other than Lisp at this point. Having gone through Fortran, C, Java, Python etc. before stumbling upon Lisp, it's the only language I use. I'm a scientist, not a computer scien... devolving (2)

Possible (serious) bug in SBCL 4 29 (9/6/2008 11:55:14 AM) comp.lang.lisp Experimenting with backquotes, I think I've found a pretty serious bug in the backquote expansion implementation in SBCL. Here's what happens with the following code: In SBCL: * (defvar x 5) X * (defvar y '(2... rocco.rossi (103)