Reading a text file not line by line but at once (beginner)

[B. Pym]

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.

(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.

[Kaz Kylheku]

Post by B. Pym

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.

(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))
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")

[B. Pym]

Post by B. Pym

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.

(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))
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.

newLISP

(let (h (open "output.dat" "read"))
(println (collect (read-line h)))
(close h))

("foo 0" "2 4 6" "8 9")