From: Michael Pak
Subject: A Scheme -> CL conversion question.
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 18:16:55 +0000
Message-ID: <.658347415@boojum>

Hello there, gurus of Scheme AND Common Lisp.

    How do you write the following Scheme code in Common Lisp:

------- cut here --------
(define (foo func)
 (lambda (bar) (func (func (func bar))))))

((((foo foo) foo) 1+) 0)     ;See the spoiler at the end to see what does
                             ;  this cute little thing return...
------- cut here -------


I have tried many ways to implement this in Common Lisp, but every time
it says that something else is wrong. I have just begun studying Common Lisp,
and this thing was the first I wanted to try.

     Thanks a lot.

Misha.

   Spoiler:

It returns 3^27.

From: Tim Moore
Subject: Re: A Scheme -> CL conversion question.
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 1990 16:57:31 +0000
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.095731.7500@hellgate.utah.edu>

In article <··········@boojum> ·····@BOOJUM.HUJI.AC.IL (Michael Pak) writes:
>Hello there, gurus of Scheme AND Common Lisp.
>
>    How do you write the following Scheme code in Common Lisp:
>
>------- cut here --------
>(define (foo func)
> (lambda (bar) (func (func (func bar))))))
>
>((((foo foo) foo) 1+) 0)     ;See the spoiler at the end to see what does
>                             ;  this cute little thing return...
>------- cut here -------

(defun foo (func)
  #'(lambda (bar)
      (funcall func (funcall func (funcall func bar)))))

(funcall (funcall (funcall (foo #'foo) #'foo) #'1+) 0)

>I have tried many ways to implement this in Common Lisp, but every time
>it says that something else is wrong. I have just begun studying Common Lisp,
>and this thing was the first I wanted to try.
>

This is good example of an program which can be expressed  more
compactly in Scheme than in Common Lisp.

Tim Moore                    ·····@cs.utah.edu {bellcore,hplabs}!utah-cs!moore
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