Top "Lisp" questions

Lisp is a family of general purpose programming languages, influenced by the lambda calculus, and with the ability to manipulate source code as a data structure.

How can I do web programming with Lisp or Scheme?

I usually write web apps in PHP, Ruby or Perl. I am starting the study of Scheme and I want …

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How can I simply "run" lisp files

Python When I learned Python I installed it on windows with a nice gui installer and all .py files would …

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Lisp Executable

I've just started learning Lisp and I can't figure out how to compile and link lisp code to an executable. …

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Is there a software-engineering methodology for functional programming?

Software Engineering as it is taught today is entirely focused on object-oriented programming and the 'natural' object-oriented view of the …

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How do I increment or decrement a number in Common Lisp?

What is the idiomatic Common Lisp way to increment/decrement numbers and/or numeric variables?

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In Emacs Lisp, how do I check if a variable is defined?

In Emacs Lisp, how do I check if a variable is defined?

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How to compare two functions for equivalence, as in (λx.2*x) == (λx.x+x)?

Is there a way to compare two functions for equality? For example, (λx.2*x) == (λx.x+x) should return true, …

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converting number to string in lisp

I tried to find a lisp function to convert between numbers and strings and after a little googling I fond …

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What's difference between defvar, defparameter, setf and setq

I found a Similar question. But I don't quite understand that explanation. So I'm trying to run clisp with the …

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lisp filter out results from list not matching predicate

I am trying to learn lisp, using emacs dialect and I have a question. let us say list has some …

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