Re: A few newbie questions

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * Yves S. Garret <lbh...@tz...> [2012-04-25 17:04:33 -0400]:
>
>    1. Are there any differences between CLISP and Clozure?

yes.

> If so, how substantial are they?

wrt ANSI CL compliance - probably minor.
wrt extensions - probably pretty significant.

> Which one would be a good place to start for someone new?

either one is good enough.
try both, see which feels right.

>    2. Say I have a file hello_world.lisp.  In that file I have the function
>    print.  How do I execute that function from the command line?  $ clisp
>    hello_world:print ?

print is a standard ansi cl function.
do not redefine it.
$ clisp file
loads file.fas or file.lisp or file.
it means that it evaluates every form in it, one by one.
there are many more details, please see
http://clisp.org/impnotes/clisp.html

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