Posts Tagged ‘picolisp’

Clojure and a PicoLisp database via HTTP

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

If you follow me on twitter you might have read that I tried Riak at one point but then switched to Cassandra, anyway, one of the things with Riak that struck me as nice was the fact that you could access any node through HTTP.... 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

Shortening multiple URLs with jQuery, PHP, picolisp and bit.ly

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

I just managed to create a function that will automatically find all URLs in the text in a text area and replace them with shortened URLs by way of bit.ly and I thought I’d share it.... Read More