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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Reading a text file not line by line but at once (beginner)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:20:00 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-07-22, B. Pym <Nobody447095@here-nor-there.org> wrote:
>> > I have a file which consists of one word per line and I would like to
>> > read it into a single list.
>> > Searching the web[1] I found something which I adapted to my
>> > needs. Basically the code works but it is terribly inefficient. This
>> > is not the fault of the CL Cookbook. Probably I am using a hammer as a
>> > screwdriver.
>> >
>> > I'd be happy if you can give me some directions how I can tackle the
>> > problem in a better way.
>> 
>> I like loop for this:
>> 
>> (with-open-file (s "foo.txt" :direction :input)
>>   (loop for line = (read-line s nil)
>>      while line
>>      collect line))
>
> Gauche Scheme
>
> (use gauche.generator)
>
> (with-input-from-file "temp.txt"
>   (cut  generator->list read-line))
>
>
> Paul Graham, May 2001:
>
> A hacker's language is terse and hackable. Common Lisp is not.
>
> The good news is, it's not Lisp that sucks, but Common Lisp.

TXR Lisp:

  (file-get-lines "temp.txt")

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