I am new to LISP and was wondering how to correctly run a simple lisp program on Ubuntu Linux. Currently, I have a LISP file called “intmax.lisp” that contains the following code: (defun intmax (x y) (if (> x y) x y)) However, when I go to the command line and run: clisp intmax 2 4 To compare 2…
Tag: common-lisp
extracting a n element from a list with dolist on lisp
I am trying to create a function where it takes a list of letters as parameter and a single letter as a parameter. I want to remove the single letter from the list. so if I call the function with (extract-all ‘n ‘(i n t e l l)), I want it to return i t e l l with the
How should functionality that requires root privileges be added to a Common Lisp library?
Original Question I’m trying to create a Lisp library that can, among other things, edit my system’s /etc/hosts file and nginx configurations. The problem I’m facing is that, because my Lisp image operates as an unprivileged user, my library can’t do these things. Ideally, when root po…