A common point of confusion for lisp beginners is the macro. Few lispers can resist the opportunity to expound the beauty and elegance of the macro. However, as with many lisp concepts, most explanations are outside the range of the hobbyist’s experience. Read more…
PHP is a procedural language. This is not a criticism. PHP revolutionized CGI by being half-scripting language, half templating system. It is, in fact, about the most powerful templating system around. The fact that object oriented syntax was even able to be bolted on is a testament to that. Read more…
PHP is a procedural language. This is not a criticism. PHP revolutionized CGI by being half-scripting language, half templating system. It is, in fact, about the most powerful templating system around. The fact that object oriented syntax was even able to be bolted on is a testament to that. Read more…
I recently needed the functionality in Python to take a series of lists and find all possible combinations of one item from each list. Read more…
When I first set out to learn lisp, I was faced with an intimidating number of choices. Which implementation of lisp should I choose? Common lisp? Scheme? I went with common lisp. Which common lisp? SBCL? MCL? Gnu clisp? Yeesh. This is enough to scare most lisp rookies off. Here is some advice: start off with Gnu clisp. It’s available for most architectures, it’s free, it has decent documentation online, and it’s easy to install. Read more…