<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140180332652418576.post6537927816281130930..comments</id><updated>2008-12-01T19:23:33.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on TECHHEAD Blog: Beust Coding Challenge</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/feeds/6537927816281130930/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/6537927816281130930/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/2008/07/beust-coding-challenge.html'/><author><name>TECHHEAD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441232171642024472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140180332652418576.post-1938405613085923515</id><published>2008-12-01T19:23:33.095-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T19:23:33.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My apologies.  I should have included a usage exam...</title><content type='html'>My apologies.  I should have included a usage example.  The function that MAP-BEUST-SEQUENCE expects is intended to respond to the next number in the sequence (eg. print it out or set to some variable).  Here is an example that will count the entire base 10 sequence and output the largest number.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(defparameter *x* 0)&lt;BR/&gt;(map-beust-sequence&lt;BR/&gt;  (lambda (x) (setf *x* x))&lt;BR/&gt;  10000000000)&lt;BR/&gt;(format t &amp;quot;~d&amp;quot; *x*)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/6537927816281130930/comments/default/1938405613085923515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/6537927816281130930/comments/default/1938405613085923515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/2008/07/beust-coding-challenge.html?showComment=1228184613095#c1938405613085923515' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan Hawkes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441232171642024472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06887737144991222694'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/2008/07/beust-coding-challenge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140180332652418576.post-6537927816281130930' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/posts/default/6537927816281130930' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140180332652418576.post-2464508813590809630</id><published>2008-11-20T18:17:50.081-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T18:17:50.081-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I believe there is a missing argument in the lisp ...</title><content type='html'>I believe there is a missing argument in the lisp example at line 11, map-beust-sequence expects a function and a max.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, what lisp implementation was this tested on? The recursion blows the stack on SBCL for even small values of max.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/6537927816281130930/comments/default/2464508813590809630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/6537927816281130930/comments/default/2464508813590809630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/2008/07/beust-coding-challenge.html?showComment=1227230270081#c2464508813590809630' title=''/><author><name>rl-oid</name><uri>http://rl-oid.myopenid.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.techhead.biz/2008/07/beust-coding-challenge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140180332652418576.post-6537927816281130930' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9140180332652418576/posts/default/6537927816281130930' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>