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This is interesting because its exactly the kind of code that I thought would be easier in C than Lisp, due to easy bit manipulation, memory access, etc.
by swah 13y ago
This is interesting because its exactly the kind of code that I thought would be easier in C than Lisp, due to easy bit manipulation, memory access, etc.
- redline6561 13y agoMe too! Common Lisp actually was intended for system programming historically, back from when Lisp Machines had a shot at ruling the world. Consequently, there is quite nice support for low-level programming.
- pjmlp 13y agoIn the early 80's, when C was yet to become widely used, there were quite a few languages that offered support for doing systems programming. Lisp was one of them.