Dynamically adding a slot to a class79 (4/22/2013 4:40:58 PM) comp.lang.lisp Subject line pretty much says it all. I want to dynamically add a slot
to a class using the MOP. There doesn't seem to be a standard add-slot
method, so I figure I need to use something like ensure-class.... RG
Ellipctic curve cryptography in Lisp1324 (1/1/2012 6:39:57 PM) comp.lang.lisp Is anyone here interested in ECC? I've been working on implementing Dan Bernstein's Curve25519 and Ed25519 algorithms, and along the way produced Lisp implementations of both (along with Python and Javascri... RG
A lambda calculus puzzle1421 (10/11/2010 5:15:53 PM) comp.lang.scheme Lat week I got into an email discussion about programming puzzles that prompted me to compose one of my own. Here's what I came up with. If you decide to try to tackle it I'd love to get your feedback. Was... Ron
Querying ASDF for dependencies228 (3/17/2010 2:55:50 AM) comp.lang.lisp Is there a way that I can query ASDF for the dependencies of a package without actually loading the package? rg ... RG
Are transformer specs first class data objects?523 (10/6/2009 2:39:12 AM) comp.lang.scheme R5RS says (section 4.3.1): "... each is an instance of syntax-rules ..." but it's unclear to me whether this means that a transformer-spec must be a literal insertion of a SYNTAX-RULES form, or whether SYNT... Ron
Global variables done right6424 (8/24/2009 6:31:55 PM) comp.lang.lisp (Also posted at http://rondam.blogspot.com/2009/08/global-variables-done-right.html lightly edited here.) The Idiot's Guide to Special Variables (http://www.flownet.com/ron/specials.pdf) was written in res... Ron
Reassessing the state of Lisp5631 (8/3/2009 5:16:23 AM) comp.lang.lisp Since I've been critical of the state of Common Lisp in the past I thought it incumbent on me to go on the record and say that I've reassessed the situation over the past few months and things seem to be muc... Ron
D-Lists3432 (7/26/2009 5:39:22 PM) comp.lang.lisp There are two common structures for associative maps in Lisp, A-Lists and P-Lists. A-Lists are structured like so: ((key . value) (key . value) ...) while P-Lists are structured like so: (key value key val... Ron
Is DEFCONSTANT broken?9337 (6/21/2009 8:39:37 PM) comp.lang.lisp Consider the following code: (eval-when (:load-toplevel :compile-toplevel :execute) (defconstant foo ...) (defun foo () foo) ) Are there any circumstances under which, in an ANSI-compliant implementat... Ron
sbcl, quicklisp, and packages/modules (again)255 (9/12/2012 2:34:47 PM) comp.lang.lisp I've been using sbcl 1.0.55 without any problem -- works fine. Just got sbc=
l 1.0.58 for Windows, and when I invoke it, it throws up. Specifically, I h=
ave shown the messages below.
What's going on, and ... cartercc(421)
How does Lisp have "true" multidimensional arrays?1628 (9/14/2012 7:10:01 PM) comp.lang.lisp I'm reading the Collections paragraph in gigamonkeys and at the end, I came upon this little comment:
2Vectors are called vectors, not arrays as their analogs in other languages are, because Common Lisp supp... yoursurrogategod(101)
Re: Faster remove-duplicates with sorted list. #2825 (11/8/2012 12:20:15 PM) comp.lang.lisp Barry Margolin wrote:
> >Is there a fast way to remove duplicate elements in a sorted list
> >where the function sorting is compatible with the "sorting" function?
> >( Meaning that if the sort function sa... w_a_x_man(2779)
Missing Lisp book3229 (11/23/2012 10:37:02 AM) comp.lang.lisp I have been programming in Lisp for many years, however I still consider my=
self a beginner. The reason, besides any genetic issues affecting my brain,=
is the lack of good tutorials or books.=20
There a... leosarasua(41)
What are closures in Lisp, exactly?414 (4/3/2013 11:52:36 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hello,
I'm currently reading Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming on p=
age 92. The author mentions closures. He has -- if I understood correctly=
-- a method that does not have a lexical cl... yoursurrogategod(101)
Dynamically adding a slot to a class79 (4/22/2013 4:40:58 PM) comp.lang.lisp Subject line pretty much says it all. I want to dynamically add a slot
to a class using the MOP. There doesn't seem to be a standard add-slot
method, so I figure I need to use something like ensure-class.... rNOSPAMon(1856)
Permuting array rows132 (5/17/2013 7:15:52 AM) comp.lang.lisp I posted this to /r/common_lisp, but nobody seemed interested, so I thought I'd try this turf.
I have some array rows I'd like to permute; I'd like a function/macro
> (setf A (make-array '(3 6) :initial-... jasonsewall(12)