A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by vseloved » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 7:03 AM UTC

A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp
leanpub.com

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by traderjane » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 8:22 AM UTC

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by vseloved » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 8:28 AM UTC

traderjane wrote: post #2

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

There's a pretty good overview in this writeup (which is the most recent one): https://ambrevar.xyz/modern-common-lisp/index.html

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by TurboHaskal » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 9:24 AM UTC

traderjane wrote: post #2

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

Spacemacs with the common-lisp layer sets you up.

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by lassekliemann » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 10:29 AM UTC

Thank you for this book!

Lisp is great. It's so much fun writing Lisp. Coding Lisp with Emacs/Slime is almost an enlightening experience.

However, I never quite got over the frustration that writing the same thing in C++ gives factor two, three or whatever speedup. There is not much that can be done about this, I'm afraid. It's a tragedy.

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by _ph_ » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 10:46 AM UTC

traderjane wrote: post #2

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

Slime running on the Emacs of your choice would be a good start - as a Lisp implementation I would recommend SBCL, which is free and has an amazing compiler compiling to native code.

Alternatively, you could try the free version of Lispworks.

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by peebz » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:12 AM UTC

traderjane wrote: post #2

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

If you don't want the additional learning curve of Emacs and Slime, the author recommends just using sbcl and rlwrap (which makes programming in a terminal nicer).

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by Torwald » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 12:00 PM UTC

Judging from first scan, this book seems to be a very good book. Thanks for the link!

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by phoe-krk » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 12:10 PM UTC

traderjane wrote: post #2

Is there consensus on the most common and advisable tooling setup for newcomers in Common Lisp?

https://portacle.github.io/

Re: A book on algorithmic programming in Lisp

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Post by vseloved » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 12:15 PM UTC

lassekliemann wrote: post #5

Thank you for this book! Lisp is great. It's so much fun writing Lisp. Coding Lisp with Emacs/Slime is almost an enlightening experience. However, I never quite got over the frustration that writing the same thing in C++ gives factor two, three or whatever speedup. There is not much that can be done about this, I'm afraid. It's a tragedy.

It depends on what you code and how. I hope the book explains some of the approaches and describes the tools that can be used to reduce that difference and avoid a tragedy :)