Re: reading file to list

2009-02-24 Thread nick_keighley_nospam
On 17 Jan, 17:16, Xah Lee wrote: > comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.python,comp.­lang.ruby > > Here's a interesting toy problem posted by Drew Krause to > comp.lang.lisp: > > > On Jan 16, 2:29 pm, Drew Krause wrote [paraphrased a bit]: > > OK,

Re: reading file to list

2009-02-25 Thread nick_keighley_nospam
On 24 Feb, 15:00, nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com wrote: > On 17 Jan, 17:16, Xah Lee wrote: > > Here's a interesting toy problem posted by Drew Krause to > > comp.lang.lisp: > > > > > On Jan 16, 2:29 pm, Drew Krause wrote [paraphrased a bit]: > > > OK, I want to create a

Re: reading file to list

2009-02-25 Thread nick_keighley_nospam
On 17 Jan, 17:16, Xah Lee wrote: > comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.python,comp.­lang.ruby > The lisp's cons fundamentally makes nested list a pain to work with. > Lisp's nested syntax makes functional sequencing cumbersome. so hide it (define (make-list stream e