What's so great about Lisp? - Stack Overflow
Jan 10, 2010 · I don't know enough Lisp to say whether it's good or bad. It seems like everyone who has used Lisp loves it, yet the most popular languages these days are descended from C. So what is it …
What is lisp used for today and where do you think it's going?
Lisp is used in many applications, but mostly not the way CS students learn it. They use Lisp for basic CS concepts. Real Lisp software often looks different. More macros, more object-oriented, more …
lisp - What is an S-Expression - Stack Overflow
Oct 23, 2022 · Code in any language that amount to a value is an expression. Lisp code is just lists with elements, a fundmental datastructure in lisp, however the plan was to use a syntax (m-expressions) …
scheme - What's the best way to learn LISP? - Stack Overflow
Ansi Common Lisp by Paul Graham is a good book. I think it might be out of print, so your best bet to get it via Amazon. I got the book for a "Natural Language Processing" class I took my sophomore year in …
lisp - Add Mtext with properties assigned - Stack Overflow
Nov 18, 2023 · Instead of using a command call, use either entmake or entmakex with an appropriate DXF data list - that way, you can supply the relevant DXF group value for Text Style, Colour, Text …
Newest 'lisp' Questions - Stack Overflow
Dec 9, 2025 · So in Lisp/Scheme, there are these 'symbols', which are basically, if I understand correctly, and correct me if I'm wrong, references to variables (not their values).
lisp - AutoLISP - Change Layers Automatically - Stack Overflow
I want to make a simple AutoLISP routine where I draw lines in layer "0" and afterwards change back to the original layer. With the code below, I can draw a line but it will stay in the current l...
What makes Lisp macros so special? - Stack Overflow
Nov 6, 2008 · But Lisp is different. Lisp macros do have access to the parser, and it is a really simple parser. A Lisp macro is not handed a string, but a preparsed piece of source code in the form of a …
Are there any Common Lisp implementations for .Net?
Sep 21, 2008 · There are bigger issues, for example common lisp has a more powerful object system, so you can't map it 1:1 to object in the runtime (no MI, for one). This is ok, but leaves you with an …
Difference between `set`, `setq`, and `setf` in Common Lisp?
May 15, 2009 · Originally, in Lisp, there were no lexical variables -- only dynamic ones. And there was no SETQ or SETF, just the SET function. What is now written as: