# Re: \[Csnd\] \[EXTERNAL\] Re: \[Csnd\] Make A Lisp for Csound 0.3.0: browser showcase and REPL **URL:** \ **Category:** The Csound Mailinglist\ **Created:** [October 24, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/re-csnd-external-re-csnd-make-a-lisp-for-csound-0-3-0-browser-showcase-and-repl/2591 "2026-10-24T20:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Victor\_Lazzarini1](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Victor\_Lazzarini1](https://forum.csound.com/u/Victor_Lazzarini1)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/re-csnd-external-re-csnd-make-a-lisp-for-csound-0-3-0-browser-showcase-and-repl/2591/1 "2026-10-24T20:53:00Z")
Brilliant, I like classic lisp function names. Great stuff. Prof. Victor Lazzarini Maynooth University Ireland > # _Warning_ > > This email originated from outside of Maynooth University’s Mail System. Do not reply, click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. > > Yes, the list operations are there under the Clojure names first and rest. You can give them the familiar names with two definitions: > > (def car first) > (def cdr rest) > > (car '(10 20 30)) ; =\> 10 > (cdr '(10 20 30)) ; =\> (20 30) > > In traditional Lisp, car and cdr access the two parts of a cons cell. Clojure uses a sequence interface: first gives the first item, and rest gives the remaining items, across collections such as lists and vectors. Common Lisp also has first and rest, so the names themselves aren’t unique to Clojure. > > Functions are values here, so those definitions simply give the existing functions another name. Neither operation changes the original collection. > > Here is a recursive Fibonacci example using car and cdr, with this implementation’s syntax: > > (defn fib-step [n pair] > (if (= n 0) > (car pair) > (fib-step (- n 1) > (list (car (cdr pair)) > (+ (car pair) (car (cdr pair))))))) > > (defn fib [n] > (fib-step n '(0 1))) > > (fib 10) ; =\> 55 > > The two-item list holds consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Each call advances it from (a b) to (b (+ a b)), until n reaches zero. > > > Perhaps you could submit a PR to add a news entry to the new [csound.com](http://csound.com/) site? > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Following my presentation at ICSC, I’ve released Make A Lisp for Csound 0.3.0. You can now try this Clojure-style Lisp, written in Csound 7, through two Web IDE projects: > > > > > > Make A Lisp Showcase > > > [https://ide.csound.com/editor/CaGowm3UM0jY3THb1Ol9](https://ide.csound.com/editor/CaGowm3UM0jY3THb1Ol9) > > > > > > Ten short, commented lessons covering values, collections, functions, immutable data, atoms, and macros. Press Play and follow the output in the Console. > > > > > > Interactive Lisp Repl > > > [https://ide.csound.com/editor/nzI9QU6wheOzfbFRusbN](https://ide.csound.com/editor/nzI9QU6wheOzfbFRusbN) > > > > > > Press Play, then type Lisp at the lisp\> prompt in the Console. Try (+ 2 3), define a function, or experiment with an atom. Definitions stay between inputs. The REPL uses Csound’s readline opcode. > > > > > > Both projects include the interpreter and a README, and run in the browser. > > > > > > Source and 0.3.0 release: > > > [https://github.com/hlolli/csound-make-a-lisp/releases/tag/v0.3.0](https://github.com/hlolli/csound-make-a-lisp/releases/tag/v0.3.0) > > > > > > Please give them a try. 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