Re: postscript to lisp, plisp package error - Invalid read syntax: "#"

[Marco Antoniotti <marcoxa@cs.nyu.edu>]

Henna wrote:
> This help is requested in connection with the plisp package
> written by John Peterson of yale.
> 
> I am trying to use it and finding errors. I have no lucid
> lisp or any other, other than the emacs lisp. I have
> tried to (require 'cl) without error.

(require 'cl) just gives you some compatibility with Common Lisp from 
Emacs Lisp.  The two dialects are quite different.

You should get one of the Common Lisp implementations off the net.  The 
sites www.alu.org or www.cliki.net are excellent starting points.


> 
> 
> (1)
> I have renamed all files in plisp to be .el from .lisp since that 
> is what
> emacs seems to expect. This gave more success in the next loading
> command. I have also set the "load-path" variable to include both
> the compiler and compiler/common-lisp directories.
> 
> (2) 
> I have tried to load build.el as follows inside emacs:
> 
> (load "/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el") CTRL-x CTRL-e
> 
> The error I get in minibuffer is:
> 
> Invalid read syntax: "#"
> 
> Is there a simple method to solve this?

No.  This is one of the fundamental differences between Common Lisp and 
Emacs Lisp.  Get a Common Lisp.

It will save you time and eventually it will be better.

Cheers
--
Marco