The 9.4.0 newLISP manual

[xytroxon]

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newLISPdoc.html



Change: "exactly on space"

To: "exactly one space"



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newlisp_manual.html



dostring

...

 example:



    ; ASCII example

    (set 'str "abcdefg")

    (dostring (c str) (println c " - " (char c)))



    97

    98 - a

    99 - b

    100 - c

    101 - d

    102 - e

    103 - f



Change to:



    97 - a

    98 - b

    99 - c

    100 - d

    101 - e

    102 - f

    103 - g



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when

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Change: "See also the function when"

To: "See also the function unless"



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[Kazimir Majorinc]

(lambda-macro (a b) (set (eval a) b))  → (lambda (x) (* x x))



Noted by Rainer Joswig in comp.lang.lisp.

[cormullion]

(lambda-macro (a b) (set (eval a) b))  → (lambda (x) (* x x))



Noted by Rainer Joswig in comp.lang.lisp.

Kind of them to help proofread the manual... :) Usually they have only insults and condescensions - perhaps they've decided to become better people!

[m i c h a e l]

Every time newLISP is mentioned on comp.lang.lisp, a hatestorm breaks out, causing every newLISPhobe to come out of the woodwork and vent their spleens. Good thing Kazimir is so flame-retardant!



They do this so often, I'm beginning to believe they like the smell of their own bullshit. They produce so much of it ;-)



m i c h a e l

[xytroxon]

They do this so often, I'm beginning to believe they like the smell of their own bullshit. They produce so much of it ;-)



m i c h a e l

Fools... Don't they know they must fear Haskell as the true heir to the advanced purely functional programming language crown? ;)



Maybe someone could write a post explaining how modernizing the antiquated car cdr cons syntax with capsule rocket launchpad would help "launch" LISP to be "other worldly" and make it "universal" in scope ;)



-- xytroxon

[DrDave]

Maybe someone could write a post explaining how modernizing the antiquated...

As I recall, they like to remind those that question the CL dogma that they have a "Standard".  While standards usually have a positive aspect, it seems to me that the standard bearers are so afraid of breaking any existing code that their community cannot (will not?) modernize the standard. Hence, the standard they so proudly defend is probably their greatest impediment to progress

[Kazimir Majorinc]

About http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html#map">map
[list=1]

"Note that only functions with applicative order of evaluation can be mapped. Functions with conditional or delayed evaluation of their arguments (e.g., if or case) cannot be mapped. "

[/list]
It appears that if can be mapped - and that it is even used in the example of map. Or I misunderstood something.

[Lutz]

It should probably say: Special forms which use parentheses as syntax cannot be mapped (e.g. case).

[HPW]

manual 10.0



Clicking on hyperlink Wr in left frame 'Functions in alphabetical order' jumps to 'write-file' instead of 'write-buffer'.