Re: Another (stupid) question: "find first set" (or "find first zero")

2021-02-01 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
(1- (integer-length x)) > On Feb 1, 2021, at 1:24 AM, Marco Antoniotti > wrote: > > Hi > > I am wasti devoting some time to recreational hacking and I bumped into > an interesting bit fiddling operation. > > I pored over the CLHS, but, while I may have missed something obvious, I am >

Re: In CLOS, instance remorphing considered useless in practice?

2020-12-09 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
> Can I ask why you invoke #'CL:CHANGE-CLASS on an object instead of simply > creating a new instance of the second class with adequate initialization? > I have used CHANGE-CLASS sparingly over the years. My first use was in a graphical DSP algorithm prototyping environment, and I believe it wa

Re: In CLOS, instance remorphing considered useless in practice?

2020-12-08 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
I am interested to hear arguments in both directions. But you haven’t outlined the alternative, other than to state that they exist. What are these alternatives? I use these MOP functions indirectly whenever I perform a CHANGE-CLASS on objects, mimicking something akin to Smalltalk BECOME. And

Re: Call for Interest: Clojure (or Lisp?) Code Camp with BLM focus

2020-07-09 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
I just spotted this during some perusing… IRCAM, in Paris, France, develops lots of different tools for avant garde music creation. They have this thing called OpenMusic, very simiilar to Max. But in the lower right of the page they have our mascot… http://repmus.ircam.fr/openmusic/home

Re: Call for Interest: Clojure (or Lisp?) Code Camp with BLM focus

2020-07-09 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
I just spotted this during some perusing… IRCAM, in Paris, France, develops lots of different tools for avant garde music creation. They have this thing called OpenMusic, very simiilar to Max. But in the lower right of the page they have our mascot… http://repmus.ircam.fr/openmusic/home

Re: Call for Interest: Clojure (or Lisp?) Code Camp with BLM focus

2020-07-06 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
Yes, I was also going to suggest OpusModus. I see little purpose in reinventing any portion of what they have done. I have been a user for about 2 years now. It seems to be the defacto replacement for an earlier product done in Lispworks, from Italy, called Symbolic Composer. OpusModus is very

Re: Hi

2020-05-08 Thread d...@refined-audiometrics.com
I have been using CL now for about 30 years. Professionally and avocationally, I use it for signal and image processing, cryptography, market trading and risk modeling, machine and instrument control, and just general math modeling. Now, I guess, I am finally retired… so I support myself with L