Lisp
(This is more a directory of interesting Lisp artifacts and sites I’ve stumbled across, and don’t want to have to find again).
Common Lisp
Resources
- Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming
- Practical Common Lisp
- https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
- http://www.adamtornhill.com/articles/lispweb.htm
- https://edicl.github.io/hunchentoot/#teen-age
- https://edicl.github.io/cl-who/
- https://lisp-lang.org/books/
- https://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/free-lisp-books/
Implementations
GNU Common Lisp
Steel Bank Common Lisp
CLISP
Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp
Clozure Common Lisp
(external-call "getpid" :pid_t)
Embeddable Common Lisp
Basics
;; global variable
(defparameter *foo* 123)
;; global constant
(defconstant *limit* 100)
; basic function
(defun divisible-by-3 (n)
(= (mod n 3) 0))
; emit to STDOUT
(format t "hello world")
; iterate over a list
(dolist (x '(chunky bacon)) (print x))
; expand a macro
(macroexpand-1 '(dolist (x '(chunky bacon)) (print x)))
Source files
; load a file
(load "file.lisp")
; compile a file
(compile-file "file.lisp")
Property lists
; create a plist
(list :first "frank" :last "sinatra")
; get a value from the plist
(getf '(:first "frank" :last "sinatra") :first)
; returns "frank"
Format directives
(format destination control-string args) => result
destination can be nil, t (ie STDOUT), a stream, or string w/ fill pointer
| ~ | Directive |
|---|---|
| % | newline |
| { | Consume a list |
| a | ‘aesthetic’, output in human form |
| R | human output of number |
Streams
;; check if it's a stream
(output-stream-p *standard-output*)
(input-stream-p *standard-input*)
;; write to standard output
(write-char #\a *standard-output*)
(print 'blerk *standard-output*)
;; read a character
(read-char *standard-input*)
;; write to file
(with-open-file (file-handle "example.txt" :direction :output)
(print "text to write" file-handle))
;; read from file
(with-open-file (file-handle "example.txt" :direction :input)
(read file-handle))
;; file exists?
(probe-file "/path/to/file")
;; mkdir -p
(ensure-directories-exist "/path/to/file")
Quicklisp
https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/
download
curl -O https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp
curl -O https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp.asc
gpg --verify quicklisp.lisp.asc quicklisp.lisp
initial install
(load "quicklisp.lisp")
get software update
(ql:update-dist "quicklisp")
Load a system
(ql:quickload "system-name")
Find a system
(ql:system-apropos "term")
Load Quicklisp every time Lisp starts
(ql:add-to-init-file)
Common Lisp Hyper Spec
https://novaspec.org/cl/ - a prettier version of CLHS
Scheme
resources
Implementations
Chez Scheme
docs websites
standards/specifications
overview
Syntax cheatsheet
"This is a string"
CaseSensitiveIdentifiers
(define add2
(lambda (n)
(+ n 2)))
;; syntactic sugar:
(define (add2 n)
(+ n 2))
(load "filename.ss")
Interlisp
Prominent Interlisp Programs
Automated Mathematician
https://github.com/white-flame/am
EURISKO
https://github.com/white-flame/eurisko
ISLISP
A Lisp standard to bridge a bunch of Lisp standards
Quotes
“LISP is a high-level language, but you can still feel the bits sliding between your toes.” -Guy Steele