• Introduction
• [3-0] Why does (READ-FROM-STRING "foobar" :START 3) return FOOBAR instead of BAR?
• [3-1] Why can't it deduce from (READ-FROM-STRING "foobar" :START 3)
• [3-2] Why can't I apply #'AND and #'OR?
• [3-3] I used a destructive function (e.g. DELETE, SORT), but it didn't seem to work. Why?
• [3-4] After I NREVERSE a list, it's only one element long. After I SORT a list, it's missing things. What happened?
• [3-5] Why does (READ-LINE) return "" immediately instead of waiting for me to type a line?
• [3-6] I typed a form to the read-eval-print loop, but nothing happened. Why?
• [3-7] DEFMACRO doesn't seem to work. When I compile my file, LISP warns me that my macros are undefined functions, or complains "Attempt to call which is defined as a macro."
• [3-8] Name conflict errors are driving me crazy! (EXPORT, packages)
• [3-9] Closures don't seem to work properly when referring to the iteration variable in DOLIST, DOTIMES, DO and LOOP.
• [3-10] What is the difference between FUNCALL and APPLY?
• [3-11] Miscellaneous things to consider when debugging code.
• [3-12] When is it right to use EVAL?
• [3-13] Why does my program's behavior change each time I use it?
• [3-14] When producing formatted output in Lisp, where should you put the newlines (e.g., before or after the line, FRESH-LINE vs TERPRI, ~& vs ~% in FORMAT)?
• [3-15] I'm using DO to do some iteration, but it doesn't terminate.
• [3-16] My program works when interpreted but not when compiled!