What's so great about Lisp? - Stack Overflow
Jan 10, 2010 · I don't know enough Lisp to say whether it's good or bad. It seems like everyone who has used Lisp loves it, yet the most popular languages these days are descended from C. So what is it …
What is lisp used for today and where do you think it's going?
Lisp is used in many applications, but mostly not the way CS students learn it. They use Lisp for basic CS concepts. Real Lisp software often looks different. More macros, more object-oriented, more …
scheme - What's the best way to learn LISP? - Stack Overflow
Ansi Common Lisp by Paul Graham is a good book. I think it might be out of print, so your best bet to get it via Amazon. I got the book for a "Natural Language Processing" class I took my sophomore year in …
Difference between `set`, `setq`, and `setf` in Common Lisp?
May 15, 2009 · If SET and SETQ are to be booted from a Common Lisp successor, they will have to get some replacement. Their use in high-level code is limited, but low-level code (for example, the code …
Newest 'lisp' Questions - Stack Overflow
Dec 9, 2025 · The name Lisp derives from "LISt Processing". Sign up to watch this tag and see more personalized content
What makes Lisp macros so special? - Stack Overflow
Nov 6, 2008 · But Lisp is different. Lisp macros do have access to the parser, and it is a really simple parser. A Lisp macro is not handed a string, but a preparsed piece of source code in the form of a …
Using Lisp in C# - Stack Overflow
Mar 18, 2015 · Clojure is a Lisp-1 that is compiled on-the-fly to Java bytecode, leading to very good runtime performance. You can use Clojure, and cross-compile it to a .NET assembly using IKVM 's …
syntax - What does # mean in LISP - Stack Overflow
Feb 2, 2011 · Often Lisp users develop embedded languages and to make that a bit easier, the Common Lisp standard tries to keep character usage down to a minimum and also provides the …
creating list of ascending numbers in Common Lisp [duplicate]
Apr 21, 2023 · I just want to make a simple program in c-lisp; take in a number and return a list of all the numbers from 0 to that number. I'm relatively new to lisp and I'm curious how someone more …
Are there any Common Lisp implementations for .Net?
Sep 21, 2008 · There are bigger issues, for example common lisp has a more powerful object system, so you can't map it 1:1 to object in the runtime (no MI, for one). This is ok, but leaves you with an …