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Wednesday, 13th of December 2017, 23:23:08 UTC
2:36:25
attila_lendvai
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3:29:42
beach
Good morning everyone!
7:10:20
poorbean
hi I'm new in lisp, but python in mit is very bad to me. C beginning book is better, but I don't know which book is good? Thanks
7:11:22
beach
Wrong channel. This channel is dedicated to Common Lisp.
7:15:20
poorbean
Hi beach can you help me, I'm Chinese. But I don't know the good book in begin when someone to competition?
7:15:38
Shinmera
I wonder why it happens so often that scheme people tumble in here when there's literally a channel called #scheme.
7:16:11
beach
poorbean: Like I said, this channel is dedicated to Common Lisp. If you want help with Common Lisp books, this is the right place to ask.
7:16:26
beach
poorbean: But if you want advice about Scheme books, you are better off asking in #scheme.
7:16:28
hajovonta
poorbean: scheme is different than Common Lisp
7:16:56
hajovonta
it's another lisp dialect
7:17:52
hajovonta
how would you explain it to a beginner?
7:19:07
beach
What Scheme is? A programming language that is not Common Lisp.
7:21:31
jackdaniel
well, many people include scheme in Lisp language family.
7:21:56
Zhivago
It should rather be that Common Lisp is in the Scheme family, sort of.
7:22:20
Zhivago
Since that's where it got its lexical scoping from.
7:22:27
jackdaniel
yes, that's why definite answer, that it is not lisp is not entirely fair
7:22:43
Zhivago
I think the claim was that it is not Common Lisp.
7:22:57
jackdaniel
it is not common lisp of course
7:23:01
jackdaniel
maybe I did read it wrong
7:23:04
beach
jackdaniel: I was merely pointing out that whether this or that language is "a Lisp" is not something that is widely agreed upon.
7:23:09
Zhivago
Personally, I'd rather common lisp staked out #commonlisp or something.
7:23:58
beach
Sorry, my fault. Let's drop it.
7:24:43
Zhivago
It's not like lisp is so incredibly popular that we need to be so exclusive. :)
7:38:38
Fare
poorbean, Scheme books for beginners include How to Design Programs, The Little Schemer.
8:35:50
ambisinistrous
** NICK nalkri
10:43:15
minion
why Lisp: The first chapter of Practical Common Lisp: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/introduction-why-lisp.html
10:43:16
minion
Younder, memo from flip214: speak slowly and carry a megawatt-laser.
10:43:57
Younder
Gotcha, You can add memo's
10:46:47
Younder
I take it from flip214 that I need to speak perfectly conceptually clear. And I rely on the spell checker because a simple comma can label me as an idiot,'
10:47:59
Younder
I take it from flip214 that I need to speak perfectly conceptually clear. And if I rely on the spell checker because of a simple comma can label you can still me as an idiot.
10:48:19
Younder
Editing is indeed great :)
10:52:39
Younder
Naw, with geniuses like you who needs a purpose, all you need is an itch.
10:55:22
Younder
A X-mas present to Xach, from old bann'able and subsequently unemployable younder.
11:12:11
myrkraverk
In SBCL, what does "illegal terminating character after a colon: #\" mean?
11:12:28
myrkraverk
The colon in question is inside " "s, so I really don't understand the error message.
11:13:09
Shinmera
Are you sure it's actually in string quotes
11:13:42
myrkraverk
I can double check, and/or replace the "
11:14:01
Shinmera
Because the error means the comma is not actually inside a string.
11:14:35
myrkraverk
Ok, maybe there's some utf-8 corruption here; and or not ascii "
11:14:45
Younder
Multiple "" like you forgot one earlier?
11:15:39
myrkraverk
Yeah, just thought of that; checking now.
11:16:00
Shinmera
Syntax highlighting should catch these kinds of things
11:16:32
myrkraverk
I'm on remote, for this task; ssh and no syntax highlight.
11:17:10
Younder
myrkraverk, I recommend vim and syntastic.
11:17:22
myrkraverk
Call me lazy, but I just use nano.
11:17:31
Shinmera
Well you reap what you sow.
11:20:42
Younder
Whatever, on a remote terminal, vim with syntasic is just about the best you can get.
11:21:16
Younder
But you can use EMACS as well
11:22:04
Younder
'emacs -nw' gives you the text interface
Thursday, 14th of December 2017, 11:23:08 UTC