Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 9
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only the top percentile of programmers use it because of its cryptic syntax and academic reputation. This is rather unfortunate, since…
Graphics Using Xlib, Part 2: Writing Programs
This article applies the concepts explained in Part l of this series with a sample program. In case you have forgotten the concepts, a quick recap might be helpful. A client (user program)…
Graphics Using Xlib, Part 1
This article introduces you to the X Window System, with the aim of helping developers understand how to use the Xlib library effectively. The X Window System has a very distinct place in…




