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(defun hello (&optional name)
"Say hello, optionally to NAME."
(let ((greetee (or name "World")))
(concat "Hello, " greetee "!")))
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The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".
Calculate the Hamming difference between two DNA strands.
Implement a binary search algorithm.
Emacs Lisp's syntax is simple, expressive and easy to learn.
Both source code and data are expressed using nested lists.
It's easy to customize the language with Emacs Lisp's macro system.
Emacs Lisp support imperative and functional programming styles.
Emacs Lisp can be used as scripting language by using Emacs' batch mode.
Emacs Lisp is well documented right inside the editor.
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