# LISP, and Contigeous Memory in Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lisp-and-contigeous-memory-in-ruby/131742>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lisp-and-contigeous-memory-in-ruby/131742 "2008-03-12T22:16:11Z")\
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Is ther a LISP language code in Open Software that I can download for  
Ruby?

Also, how do I best represent contigeous memory locations in Ruby?  
Is it better to represent that a a multi dimentional arrary?  
Or, a very, very long String?

Thanks.

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**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lisp-and-contigeous-memory-in-ruby/131742/2 "2008-03-12T22:55:49Z")

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On 12.03.2008 22:14, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> Is ther a LISP language code in Open Software that I can download for  
> Ruby?

What exactly do you mean by this? Are you looking for a LISP  
implementation written in Ruby? IIRC there was discussion about  
something like this few weeks before here.

> Also, how do I best represent contigeous memory locations in Ruby?  
> Is it better to represent that a a multi dimentional arrary?  
> Or, a very, very long String?

Again, I am not sure what you mean here. Why would one want to use a  
_multi dimensional_ array to represent _contiguous_ memory? Or did you  
mean contagious memory? 🙂

Kind regards

robert

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lisp-and-contigeous-memory-in-ruby/131742/3 "2008-03-13T00:01:13Z")

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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Robert K.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On 12.03.2008 22:14, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:
> 
> > Is ther a LISP language code in Open Software that I can download for  
> > Ruby?
> 
> What exactly do you mean by this? Are you looking for a LISP  
> implementation written in Ruby? IIRC there was discussion about  
> something like this few weeks before here.

There’s BusScheme[1] and Lisp in Ruby[2]

[1] [http://dev.technomancy.us/BusScheme](http://dev.technomancy.us/BusScheme)  
[2] [http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/LispInRuby.red](http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/LispInRuby.red)  
[3] some more info on both:  
[Bus Scheme: A Scheme Interpreter Written In Ruby (And Sometimes On A Bus)](http://www.rubyinside.com/busscheme-ruby-scheme-interpreter-756.html)