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2 macros and passing gensyms around 2 30 (11/10/2006 4:21:29 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all, I have a question that will require quite a bit of an explanation. I hope this won't be too long =P I have this table object that holds column objects, and a collection of records. Each record is... Sacha

converting from say UTF-8 to LATIN-1 8 41 (8/4/2006 1:46:42 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all, I have this UTF-8 encoded file which i need to parse. I've been able to load the file as UTF-8, and put it in an UTF-8 string, but that doesn't help with the parsing. Using lispworks, it seems tha... Sacha

same symbol name in 2 different packages 7 28 (7/13/2006 9:32:20 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all, I have another problem with my decent recursive parser library. The package of this library exports a few symbols, one of these being the "conc" symbol. This symbol is only used as a marker for the... Sacha

reader macro character, reading a symbol 4 20 (7/10/2006 12:54:04 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all. I made this tiny "decent recursive parser" using 2 macros, one for rules and one for character classes. An exemple character class definition would go like this : (defcclass a-or-b (+ #\a #\b)) An... Sacha

a web server ? 1 30 (4/15/2006 2:55:59 PM) comp.lang.lisp I need to find what would be the best suited web server to my needs. -It'll run under windows, and I'm using lispworks CL. -I don't want to mess with mod-lisp as i want my stuff to be as self contained as pos... Sacha

intercepting (setf accessor) 26 36 (3/19/2006 4:32:03 AM) comp.lang.lisp Still got more newbie questions. This time it's more about architecture. Let's say i have a class defined as follow : (defclass item () ((parent :accessor parent))) What i want is a way to intercept cal... Sacha

sequence iteration 21 25 (3/17/2006 5:26:23 PM) comp.lang.lisp Yet another "newbie needs help" post ! I tried to find a way to iterate over a sequence (trying to stay generic here) It seems the only way would be to use the map function. Is this correct ? If that is the ... Sacha

more macro problems 4 30 (3/14/2006 3:32:51 AM) comp.lang.lisp In a macro i have this loop which will collects a serie of "(defmethod forms" So i end up with a list of theses : ((defmethod .....) (defmethod ....) (defmethod...)) What i really would like to get is : (de... Sacha

a macro for defclass 35 29 (3/9/2006 4:59:28 AM) comp.lang.lisp Still a newbie, and trying to make a macro that will write the defclass form for me. I'm trying to stick to the syntax of the usual defclass form only adding what's necessary for my purpose. So here is my at... Sacha

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Excerise in Graham's ANSI Common Lisp 9 22 (7/18/2006 11:21:07 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, I'm currently trying to teach myself Lisp and am working my way through Paul Graham's book. One of the exercises for chapter 4 asks the reader to define a function that takes a hash table and returns a c... usenetjf (2)

Can Your Programming Language Do This? 28 34 (8/2/2006 4:02:46 PM) comp.lang.lisp Joel writes in a new article in Joel on Software about closures in layman programmer's language. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html Although he does not explicitly say that he is talking about ... alok.bisani (55)

converting from say UTF-8 to LATIN-1 8 41 (8/4/2006 1:46:42 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all, I have this UTF-8 encoded file which i need to parse. I've been able to load the file as UTF-8, and put it in an UTF-8 string, but that doesn't help with the parsing. Using lispworks, it seems tha... no1386 (80)

Norvig comment on macros #3 1 29 (8/5/2006 7:16:04 AM) comp.lang.lisp I found this intriguing: "Use macros freely to represent your /problem/, but shy away from new macros in the implementation of your /solution/, unless absolutely necessary." - p. 855 I've heard it said most ... j_mckitrick (424)

The Weakness of Lisp 178 38 (8/18/2006 5:16:18 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello: I am a beginner of Lisp, but from recent discussion it's not hard to find the weakness of Lisp. That it, 1, the syntax of the language is not intuitive enough, which would make people afraid of lea... sailormoontw (55)

Is Programming Boring? 93 34 (9/6/2006 3:12:24 PM) comp.lang.lisp In another thread Tim Bradshaw repeatedly claims: "programming is *hard* and *boring*" I'm okay with "Hard" because it's relative to your skill level, so I know that he's wrong from the outset. But I've never e... jshrager2 (333)

What's wrong with Common Lisp's lambda ? 10 29 (9/28/2006 1:53:05 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, I have just read this article: http://www.ddj.com/184404384;jsessionid=KLMB3AY1Q0DHQQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?_requestid=71496 and in the section "Impact of Logic", I saw this : Scheme, a dialect of Lisp whi... Karol.Skocik (148)

allegro cl installer -- A.I built in, all the way DOWN 20 30 (10/29/2006 12:26:32 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello, All! Allegro CL Express Installer is a wonderful example of an application with built-in A.I. i was downloading acl8.0 freeexpress with it. (i won't say much about other installer oddities -- it's un... udodenko (1040)

2 macros and passing gensyms around 2 30 (11/10/2006 4:21:29 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello all, I have a question that will require quite a bit of an explanation. I hope this won't be too long =P I have this table object that holds column objects, and a collection of records. Each record is... no1386 (80)

What makes a Lisp Hacker? 31 49 (11/15/2006 8:49:34 AM) comp.lang.lisp Dear All, In the near future we are going to have to make some Lisp programmers, why? Well because we can't hire them. There really are not any! Anyway - last night myself and one of my staff (a trainee) did ... paul.clevett1 (72)