Questions tagged [lisp]

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SICP: Pascal's triangle problem

I was reading SICP and was solving a problem that asked to create a function in lisp for finding elements of Pascal's triangle. The way I went about it is to take input as the row number and then print each element of the row iteratively, whose…
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How does time/space complexity work with lisp

I'm completely new to programming but I've had a course in computational complexity. I'm trying to read the book "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs." In the first few sections, the authors make some claims about the relative…
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What is the difference between a block and a procedure?

A procedure is a sequence of program instructions that perform a specific task, packaged as a unit (Techopedia). We use block structure to make our code more readable by using indentations and spaces. Now, is one block the same as a procedure and…