Levelling up - 2: Use the debugger
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. (Donald Knuth)
Sep 14, 20218 min read883
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Getting Started with PicoLisp
This is for users who want to start with PicoLisp from scratch. This series will cover installation, basic concepts, syntax, how to use the REPL, create simple scripts, read the docs and debug.
Levelling up - 1: Read the docs
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. (Mark Twain)
Sep 13, 20217 min read1.2K
A very first PicoLisp program
To conclude our "PicoLisp for Beginners" Series, we should talk about naming conventions, and finally create our first own little program! Naming Conventions PicoLisp has a few naming conventions that should be followed, in order to introduce name c...
Sep 12, 20217 min read1.2K
Floating Point vs. Fixed Point Arithmetics
Welcome back to our "PicoLisp for beginner's series"! Now that we know the basic functions, let's try to understand now how calculations are done internally in PicoLisp. This text got inspiration from this blogpost. If you read the previous posts c...
Sep 11, 20215 min read1.1K
60 PicoLisp Functions You Should Know - 6: Lists and Strings
Welcome back! This is the last post of the 60 most common PicoLisp functions series. Today we will cover lists and strings. We will handle the topic lists quite extensively as it is one of the most important data types in PicoLisp. After that, we wil...
Sep 10, 20217 min read1.2K
60 PicoLisp Functions You Should Know - 5: Defining Own Functions
Welcome back to the 60 most common PicoLisp functions series. Today we will cover functions. What are functions? Just like pieces of data can be assigned to a specific variable name, functions are basically a set of instructions assigned to a speci...
Sep 9, 20215 min read997