4 ms·
The CL standard describes the standard library. The language is described in about 40 pages of said standard.
by 4ad 5y ago
The CL standard describes the standard library.
The language is described in about 40 pages of said standard.
- Rochus 5y agoAlso the C++ standard includes the standard library. The standard library can be considered part of the language. If you include the standard library for C# this adds up to several thousand pages. Lisp like Smalltalk have very little syntax, but this is mostly because constructs which are part of the syntax in bigger languages are constructed in Lisp and Smalltalk on the simple syntax; and you still have to know how to write loops or closures or the like; or if you want OO in Lisp you have to know CLOS, which has many pages.
- kryptiskt 5y agoThe Common Lisp standard library includes most of the control flow constructs, the object system, and ways to bind values. Things that in another language would have been in the core language. You can't learn CL in any meaningful sense without in-depth knowledge of the standard library.