Lisp

One reason Lisp hasn't caught on: the name
Like it or not, in marketing , the first thing that matters is the name of the programming language. Just ask the marketers at Sun, or Matz. Those were good names. Whoever gave Lisp it's name, I don't think people realize just how much damage he did. It was an astonishingly stupid decision, and it's hard to meas... 29 Jun 2008 09:05

How to avoid GC in tight numeric test loop? (CMUCL)
>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Warnock <rpw3(a)rpw3.org> writes: Rob> Robert Maas, <jaycx2.3.calrobert(a)spamgourmet.com.remove> wrote: Rob> +--------------- Rob> | After seeing your reply, I tried using RANDOM with smaller Rob> | argument, but it didn't help enough: Rob> | Rob> | (defparameter exp2 21... 27 Jun 2008 10:05

Timers (or signals) in Lisp
I have a Lisp daemon running on my Linux system (hunchentoot + utilities). I need to process some recurring tasks (some have to be performed daily some monthly). I am wondering what is the best approach to take in this case? I saw timer project for SBCL and it looks promising but I may restart the daemon so it'll... 22 Jun 2008 19:22

Series solution?
Problem: Model the adventure results for a player. Adventures consist of a number of sub-adventures (RUNS), ranging from 1 to 12 (integral). Each sub-adventure returns the multiple values CLASS GOLD+ XP+ HP- where CLASS is an integer classification of the result ranging from 0 to 5. The end result consists of ... 20 Jun 2008 15:20

inherited slot types (cmucl)
Hi all, I am writing some matrix/vector classes and functions [1], and have a class hierarchy as follows: (in-package :cl-user) (defclass matrix-like () ((nrows :initarg :nrows :reader nrows :initform 0) (ncols :initarg :ncols :reader ncols :initform 0))) (defclass simple-matrix (matrix-like) ((d... 20 Jun 2008 02:01

pretty printing, a lost art?
Just read through the document "XP A Common Lisp Pretty Printing system" (http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6503) Wrote this trivial test: Given a the factulty of 100 print the digits in groups of 3 seperated by space so that they fill the line. If the number sequence is less than 3 digits like 10! = 362... 20 Jun 2008 23:32

changing file type
Hello, I was wondering whats the recommended way of changing a file type in lisp. Here is what I tried: [1]> (setf x (pathname "/home/noob/tmp.txt")) #P"/home/noob/tmp.txt" [2]> x #P"/home/noob/tmp.txt" [3]> (setf (pathname-type x) "doc") *** - FUNCTION: undefined function (SETF PA... 19 Jun 2008 01:16

my thoughts on macros: YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAA
Um, sorry, just got a bit too excited. And to think that I am actually paid for this :-) ... 19 Jun 2008 01:16

Dylan question (OT, sorry)
Hi ! I'm posting this on comp.lang.lisp as well because my usenet provider doesn't have any news in comp.lang.dylan, so I suspect something is rotten in the state of Denmark... Consider this: define class <mymix> () end class <mymix>; define class <mysuper> (<mymix>) end class <mysuper>; def... 19 Jun 2008 01:16

Nice processes on Unix
rpw3(a)rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) writes: Robert Uhl <eadmund42(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: +--------------- | rpw3(a)rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) writes: | > The only reason I was being pretty stubborn about it | > was that Linux is the *only* place I've ever seen these | > silly 100+ load averages on essentially i... 30 Jun 2008 04:30