> Traditional lisp implements its lists as pairs: The first element > of the list and a reference to the rest of the list. This is > very different from how J implements lists, so I would expect > that translating data from one environment to the other would > involve some non-trivial overhead. > > Also, some lisp data structures could not be translated directly > to J arrays, for example consider a circular list which has itself > for the "rest of the list" part. But a J representation which > preserves this "feature" would be inefficient and clumsy for > most computational tasks. >
Your knowledge of traditional lisps won't get you very far with Clojure. Its not based on the cons cell for example. If you want to gear up for Jisp, I recommend you read through Clojure.org, check out various links from Disclojure.org, and perhaps skim my blog. /Lau ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
