Archive for July, 2020

Calling Lisp Functions from Elixir

Written by on July 19, 2020 in Elixir, LISP, Programming with 0 Comments
Calling Lisp Functions from Elixir

In the last article I showed how we can simulate the idea of Lisp’s “closure” in Elixir. Today, I would like to demonstrate how we can call Lisp functions from Elixir using the NIF interface. What is the need to integrate Elixir with another language? I can think of two reasons: 1) We have a library […]

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Closure in Lisp vs Elixir

Written by on July 5, 2020 in Elixir, LISP, Programming with 0 Comments
Closure in Lisp vs Elixir

I started learning Elixir a week ago. Although this has been at the top of my To-do list for quite a while, I couldn’t take it up due to other commitments.  I love Elixir. It is a great functional programming language. Having programmed in Lisp for a long time, I immediately noticed the similarity between Lisp […]

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