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Clasp: Common Lisp using LLVM and C++ for Designing Molecules

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Functional programmingCompilers, interpreters & program analysisChemistry

What it is

Christian Schafmeister's Google Tech Talk on Clasp and CANDO, a Common Lisp implementation on LLVM and C++ used to design molecules, including energy minimization and force-field calculations.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Held up in Lisp threads as a striking example of Lisp powering cutting-edge science.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I challenge anyone to watch this lecture from Christian Schafmeister and say they are not impressed”

    Impressive lecture on Lisp for designing molecules.

    nabla9, 2016-02 · Strong recommendation · in “The Lisp Curse (2011)”

  2. “Your Google talk was one of my top 10 ever, it blew me away.”

    Talk using Lisp for cutting edge science.

    reitzensteinm, 2020-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Energy Efficiency across Programming Languages [pdf]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: common lisp, clasp, llvm, computational chemistry, molecular design

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