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Have you finished The Reasoned Schemer?
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What's this?
It's a program that uses logic to generate alkanes.
What's the value of (run1 (q) (alkaneo '((() . ())) '(1) q))
'((1))
What's the value of (run1 (q) (alkaneo '((() . ()) (() . (((() . ())))) (() . ())) q '(0 0 1)))
'((1 1))
What does these parameters mean?
The first parameter is the alkane, which is represented by a list of pair of substituent. The second one is the length of the main carbon chain. The third one is the total number of carbon.
What's the value of (run1 (q) (alkaneo q '(0 1) '(0 1)))
'(((()) (())))
What's the value of (run4 (q) (alkaneo q '(0 0 1) '(1 0 1)))
'(((()) (() (())) (()) (())) ((()) (()) (() (())) (())) ((()) (()) (((()))) (())) ((()) (((()))) (()) (())))
Why there's four alkanes of length 4 and carbon 5
Because it treats symmetric alkanes as different ones.
How to explain the value associated with q in (run1 (q) (alkaneo q '(1 1) '(1 0 1)))
It's '((()) (((())) (())) (())).
The first and third item are just Methyl group.
The middle can be represented as (((() . ()) . ()) ((() . ())) . ()),
which is two Methyl group connected to a carbon.