Posts Tagged ‘Lisp’

Compiling Clojure Code with Leiningen

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

First of all, I would like to push a little for Programming Clojure by Stuart Halloway. It’s fantastic if you have prior experience with the Java ecosystem or a LISP, it might be a bit over your head if you don’t have either. Luckily I’m coming from PicoLisp so I’m OK, I just need to get up to speed with the Java.... Read More

A list of web applications built with LISP

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The following list is compiled from the replies I got on the LISP reddit and other stuff I’ve found here and there. I suppose the aim of this list is to show that LISP is a language that can be used for web development too. Sometimes I get the impression that LISP has been stereotyped as something that belongs in some university AI lab and not really suited for something as mundane as web development. However as can be seen here, that’s just not true.... Read More

How to write a big app in an obscure Lisp dialect

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Wow, were do I start. To begin with VizReader is the application in question. It’s a pretty weird thing but I love it. I get a small whiff of the same feeling I had when I was a kid and played Dragon’s Breath on the Amiga. Dragon’s Breath was both a weird and wonderful game at the same time and it makes me proud that I have managed to create something that gives me a little bit of that feeling.... Read More

On PicoLisp’s Wikipedia woes and the process of promoting a language

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

It seems we’re having some problems with Wikipedia when it comes to creating a entry for PicoLisp there.... Read More

The ugliest LISP in the world

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

There’s been a lot of discussion on whether Python, Ruby or insert your favorite dynamic language, is a good lisp.... Read More

Pilog solve and the +Aux relation

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I just set out to duplicate the Doctrine for dummies example, but this time for real, with a real OODB system, not some silly ORM :) Thanks goes to Alex for helping me out with the queries.... Read More

Pico Lisp and JSON

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Update: I now use this code for JSON which is based on Alex’s Rosetta Code example, the below should just be seen as a programming exercise.... Read More

Explicit scope resolution in Pico Lisp

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Today I felt like extending the html function that is responsible for rendering the bare bones of a HTML document in the GUI framework.... Read More

Registration form in Pico Lisp

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Finally, the registration form! Not really for beginners but anyway…... Read More

wxRuby Editor – More bug fixes and Scintilla text slinging

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Squashing Bugs... Read More