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Lisp Question #3 6 24 (5/2/2008 2:15:50 AM) comp.lang.lisp Everyone talks about how great Lisp is. Are there any studies or objective statistics that support this? ... rigaha

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

Iteration in lisp 70 25 (4/22/2008 12:51:45 AM) comp.lang.lisp If you want to iterate through a list, should you use a recursive function or a loop? ... rigaha

Scheme or lisp 12 29 (4/10/2008 2:13:31 AM) comp.lang.lisp I'm debating whether I should learn scheme or lisp. Why is lisp a better choice than scheme or viceversa? ... rigaha

How to solve this 19 32 (4/8/2008 4:45:29 PM) comp.lang.lisp I would like to create the following function (defun foo (a b) (let a) (eval b))) (foo '((a 2) (b 2) (c 3)) '(+ a b c)) Is there a way to do it? I was able to solve a slightly different case of the prob... rigaha

How to execute a function passed as a list 42 35 (3/13/2008 5:15:23 PM) comp.lang.lisp I would like to have a function that takes one argument (a list) and the executes the function contained in that list, like this: (defun foo (lt) (lt)) where lt: (+ 2 3 4) Can this be done? ... rigaha

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Xach 3 22 (4/17/2008 4:43:54 PM) comp.lang.lisp For those who were rudely interrupted by.. Here is my rec.. "Practical Common Lisp" "Paradigms in Artificial Intelligence programming" "Lisp in small pieces" "common Lisp object system" "The art of meta object... jpthing (785)

How to execute a function passed as a list 42 35 (3/13/2008 5:15:23 PM) comp.lang.lisp I would like to have a function that takes one argument (a list) and the executes the function contained in that list, like this: (defun foo (lt) (lt)) where lt: (+ 2 3 4) Can this be done? ... rigaha (9)