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June meeting: Topics in Lisp programming

• Topic: Lisp and Symbolic Programming From the Beginning
• Presenter: Ira Kalet
• Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007
• Location: Capitol Hill branch of library

This session will introduce the basic ideas that make Lisp a uniquely powerful programming language, illustrated with examples from biomedical applications, including molecular biology, drug interactions and cancer treatment.

If time allows, we will introduce functional programming, CLOS, the Meta-Object Protocol and macros.

If there is interest but insufficient time, a second session is possible.

The session is for both experienced Lispers and those new to Lisp.

April meeting: Topics in Lisp programming

• Topic: Lisp manipulation of C structures
• Presenter: Daniel Pezely
• Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
• Location: Capitol Hill branch of library

Within the scope of systems programming, there are often multiple languages being used. While there are verbose file formats for exchanging data among foreign applications, sometimes you still must deal with packed structures within "binary" files or network protocols.

This is about processing and generating packed data records such as those native to C programs.

Specifically, we'll have Lisp reading and writing a C or C++ struct.

We'll also process Unix time values within ANSI Common Lisp, accounting for the different epochs and depending upon hardware architecture, byte order.

[Source code from the presentation has been contributed to WikiBooks.]