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> Java's REPL is like a kick in the nuts compared to using one in Common Lisp. An IDE connected to a running Java process via JDPA/JDI (Java debug interface) is probably a better c…

This is funny because in the 90s I was at a similar position. I was at a university department where everybody had a Solaris 2.3 or 2.4 box as well as a PC that would dual boot int…

Most programming languages are defined in terms of program text, Lisp is not. Lisp is defined in terms of in-memory structures and what happens if you pass these in-memory structur…

-> the Lisp linked lists were gone Cons cells and linked lists are not completely gone, though: user=> (cons 1 (cons 2 nil)) (1 2) Cons cells however are somewhat limited in that t…

Hi all, powerful open-source Lisp implementations are a dime a dozen, why not try JMurmel instead? The language is inspired by Common Lisp, except it's a Lisp-1, and it is mostly a…

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