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by sylwester
Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:33 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: delete does not work
Replies: 12
Views: 39486

Re: delete does not work

Repeated REMOVE or DELETE is O(n^2) regardless (unless you supply count it must walk the whole list for each call) The right way to empty a list is always a loop over POP Absolutely not.. Im talking about space complexity and not time! Remove n times is O(n^2) space since it makes n copies of every...
by sylwester
Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:19 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: delete does not work
Replies: 12
Views: 39486

Re: delete does not work

If delete always mimic remove and at the same time does not always modify the original list - what is the point of having the delete functions???? Imagine this code: (defparameter *lst* (list 1 2 3)) (delete 1 (list 1 2 3)) (delete 1 *lst*) (delete 2 (list 1 2 3)) (delete 2 *lst*) Now since delete ...
by sylwester
Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Parsing a string.
Replies: 3
Views: 9834

Re: Parsing a string.

*read* is for reading list structure and literals as in actual lisp source code. The syntax decides what type the end result will have. *read-line* reads a line of text and returns it as a string not matter what the input looks like. *read-char* read one character and returns it as such. You might w...
by sylwester
Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:54 am
Forum: Homework
Topic: loop through forms in a macro
Replies: 3
Views: 16156

Re: loop through forms in a macro

The macro gets the code unevaluated and you should use that when making the output, but the forms also needs to be in the resulting code, wrapped in time. Here is one way to do it: (defmacro time-many (&body forms) `(progn ,@(loop :for form :in forms :collect `(princ ,(format nil "Timing: ~...
by sylwester
Sun Sep 24, 2017 2:05 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: I need help to convert LISP code to MATLAB
Replies: 1
Views: 13567

Re: I need help to convert LISP code to MATLAB

I guess its perfectly ok to hire people in the loungue :)
by sylwester
Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:26 am
Forum: Homework
Topic: Determine number of arguments for a function
Replies: 8
Views: 27769

Re: Determine number of arguments for a function

Proper CLISP??? CLISP is not a synonym for Common Lisp. CLISP is one of many Common Lisp implementations and just like SBCL or CCL. As with all implementations they might be a superset and sure enough arglist is defined in it, but it doesn't make it more portable. [1]> (defpackage :test (:use :cl)) ...
by sylwester
Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:58 am
Forum: Homework
Topic: Determine number of arguments for a function
Replies: 8
Views: 27769

Re: Determine number of arguments for a function

No it's not.. It locks you in to one implementation. Thus you are no longer writing Common Lisp but CCLs superset of Common Lisp. It's very unfortunate!

BTW: Are you sure this is not a XY problem? What are you going to use this for?
by sylwester
Sat Sep 16, 2017 4:41 pm
Forum: Homework
Topic: Determine number of arguments for a function
Replies: 8
Views: 27769

Re: Determine number of arguments for a function

What do you expect the result for these are?

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(lambda (a &rest rest) rest)

(lambda (a &optional b) b)

(lambda (a &key (a 4) b c) c)
Also, the name args? seems like you are doing a predicate and like Scheme naming conventions.
by sylwester
Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:48 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: hello, i find "LISP" to be frustrating
Replies: 5
Views: 24351

Re: hello, i find "LISP" to be frustrating

With fresh unbiased eyes? Do you mean this is your very first programming language? Then this would be much easier than us people who has learned Algol first. If you have learned an algol dialect then it will be as learning a new natural language with LOTS of false friend words. As with flavors ther...
by sylwester
Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:32 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Passing commands to a function
Replies: 2
Views: 10117

Re: Passing commands to a function

This doesn't seem like a Common Lisp question.
It seems like the cond has a symbol as its last term.. every term should be a list with at least a predicate.. eg (t) would be the minimum to return t