On 18 March 2010 23:40, Michael Gardner <gardne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 18, 2010, at 4:17 PM, David Nolen wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM, alux <alu...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I much enjoyed reading the tutorial http://www.lisperati.com/casting.html >> , mentioned by eyeris today. The most mind-extending thing (to me, >> having Java background) is the, admittedly non-idiomatic, use of >> symbols as data. >> >> But I have two translation problems, I want to pose before going to >> sleep (its pitch dark in Europe :). First the easy one: >> >> Common Lisp >> (defun describe-path (path) >> `(there is a ,(second path) going ,(first path) from here.)) >> >> You probably want >> >> (defn describe-path [path] >> `(~'there ~'is ~'a ~(second path) ~'going ~(first path) ~'from ~'here)) > > Or just: > > (defn describe-path [path] > ['there 'is 'a (second path) 'path 'going (first path) 'from 'here]) > > But using symbols for something like this is a bit contrived anyway.
Maybe, but I've seen it in other Common Lisp books/tutorials before. e.g. I'm sure PAIP was one of them. -- Michael Wood <esiot...@gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
