/prog/ - Hi! Novice LISPer here.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 0:34

I've been studying LISP for a while, but I have one nagging question:
Can LISP do anything besides factorials? Because factorials seems to be 95% of what it is used to do.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 0:37

If they ain't factorials, they're crap.
Factorials are shit.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 1:48

You've been either studying the wrong books/material or merely just picked a too academic Lisp...

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 3:22

>>1
Lisp is more than a language, it's a way of thinking that allows the programmer to manipulate syntax to solve various metaproblems that often show up in practical situations (eg using macros to do away with some boilerplate).

too bad sexprs are fucking unreadable garbage, though. what a waste.

Name: VIPPER 2012-02-16 5:02

>>1
Yes, you can do fibs.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 5:26

I used to be factorial hero like you,
then I took a parenthesis in the knee.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 6:42

>>4
Fuck your shit, JEW.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 9:54

>>7
fuck off and die you fucking faggot lithper

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 14:53

Yes, you can make lambdas that multiply 2 numbers. You can also calculate fibonacci numbers and calculate the multiples of numbers.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 22:11

>>3
just picked a too academic Lisp
What LISP isn't purely academic?

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 22:26

>>10
Emacs Lisp

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 23:10

>>10
every single one except scheme, actually.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 23:24

>>10
Clotjure.

Hi! Novice LISPer here.

1 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 0:34

2 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 0:37

3 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 1:48

4 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 3:22

5 Name: VIPPER 2012-02-16 5:02

6 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 5:26

7 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 6:42

8 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 9:54

9 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 14:53

10 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 22:11

11 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 22:26

12 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 23:10

13 Name: Anonymous 2012-02-16 23:24