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data/tracks/lisp/exercises/roman-numerals/README.md

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+# Roman Numerals
+
+Write a function to convert from normal numbers to Roman Numerals.
+
+The Romans were a clever bunch. They conquered most of Europe and ruled
+it for hundreds of years. They invented concrete and straight roads and
+even bikinis. One thing they never discovered though was the number
+zero. This made writing and dating extensive histories of their exploits
+slightly more challenging, but the system of numbers they came up with
+is still in use today. For example the BBC uses Roman numerals to date
+their programmes.
+
+The Romans wrote numbers using letters - I, V, X, L, C, D, M. (notice
+these letters have lots of straight lines and are hence easy to hack
+into stone tablets).
+
+```
+ 1  => I
+10  => X
+ 7  => VII
+```
+
+There is no need to be able to convert numbers larger than about 3000.
+(The Romans themselves didn't tend to go any higher)
+
+Wikipedia says: Modern Roman numerals ... are written by expressing each
+digit separately starting with the left most digit and skipping any
+digit with a value of zero.
+
+To see this in practice, consider the example of 1990.
+
+In Roman numerals 1990 is MCMXC:
+
+1000=M
+900=CM
+90=XC
+
+2008 is written as MMVIII:
+
+2000=MM
+8=VIII
+
+See also: http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
+
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+The Roman Numeral Kata [http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals](http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/lisp/exercises/scrabble-score/README.md

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+# Scrabble Score
+
+Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.
+
+## Letter Values
+
+You'll need these:
+
+```plain
+Letter                           Value
+A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T       1
+D, G                               2
+B, C, M, P                         3
+F, H, V, W, Y                      4
+K                                  5
+J, X                               8
+Q, Z                               10
+```
+
+## Examples
+"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:
+
+- 3 points for C
+- 1 point for A, twice
+- 3 points for B, twice
+- 2 points for G
+- 1 point for E
+
+And to total:
+
+- `3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1`
+- = `3 + 2 + 6 + 3`
+- = `5 + 9`
+- = 14
+
+## Extensions
+- You can play a double or a triple letter.
+- You can play a double or a triple word.
+
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the Extreme Startup game [https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup](https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/lisp/exercises/sieve/README.md

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+# Sieve
+
+Use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find all the primes from 2 up to a given
+number.
+
+The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all
+prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking as
+composite (i.e. not prime) the multiples of each prime,
+starting with the multiples of 2.
+
+Create your range, starting at two and continuing up to and including the given limit. (i.e. [2, limit])
+
+The algorithm consists of repeating the following over and over:
+
+- take the next available unmarked number in your list (it is prime)
+- mark all the multiples of that number (they are not prime)
+
+Repeat until you have processed each number in your range.
+
+When the algorithm terminates, all the numbers in the list that have not
+been marked are prime.
+
+The wikipedia article has a useful graphic that explains the algorithm:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
+
+Notice that this is a very specific algorithm, and the tests don't check
+that you've implemented the algorithm, only that you've come up with the
+correct list of primes.
+
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+Sieve of Eratosthenes at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/lisp/exercises/space-age/README.md

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+# Space Age
+
+Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on:
+
+   - Earth: orbital period 365.25 Earth days, or 31557600 seconds
+   - Mercury: orbital period 0.2408467 Earth years
+   - Venus: orbital period 0.61519726 Earth years
+   - Mars: orbital period 1.8808158 Earth years
+   - Jupiter: orbital period 11.862615 Earth years
+   - Saturn: orbital period 29.447498 Earth years
+   - Uranus: orbital period 84.016846 Earth years
+   - Neptune: orbital period 164.79132 Earth years
+
+So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should
+be able to say that they're 31 Earth-years old.
+
+If you're wondering why Pluto didn't make the cut, go watch [this
+youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs).
+
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/lisp/exercises/strain/README.md

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+# Strain
+
+Implement the `keep` and `discard` operation on collections. Given a collection
+and a predicate on the collection's elements, `keep` returns a new collection
+containing those elements where the predicate is true, while `discard` returns
+a new collection containing those elements where the predicate is false.
+
+For example, given the collection of numbers:
+
+- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
+
+And the predicate:
+
+- is the number even?
+
+Then your keep operation should produce:
+
+- 2, 4
+
+While your discard operation should produce:
+
+- 1, 3, 5
+
+Note that the union of keep and discard is all the elements.
+
+The functions may be called `keep` and `discard`, or they may need different
+names in order to not clash with existing functions or concepts in your
+language.
+
+## Restrictions
+
+Keep your hands off that filter/reject/whatchamacallit functionality
+provided by your standard library!  Solve this one yourself using other
+basic tools instead.
+
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+Conversation with James Edward Gray II [https://twitter.com/jeg2](https://twitter.com/jeg2)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/lisp/exercises/triangle/README.md

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+# Triangle
+
+Determine if a triangle is equilateral, isosceles, or scalene.
+
+An _equilateral_ triangle has all three sides the same length.<br/>
+An _isosceles_ triangle has at least two sides the same length. (It is sometimes
+specified as having exactly two sides the same length, but for the purposes of
+this exercise we'll say at least two.)<br/>
+A _scalene_ triangle has all sides of different lengths.
+
+## Note
+
+For a shape to be a triangle at all, all sides have to be of length > 0, and 
+the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than or equal to the 
+length of the third side. See [Triangle Inequality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_inequality).
+
+## Dig Deeper
+
+The case where the sum of the lengths of two sides _equals_ that of the 
+third is known as a _degenerate_ triangle - it has zero area and looks like 
+a single line. Feel free to add your own code/tests to check for degenerate triangles.
+## Setup
+
+Check out [Exercism Help](http://exercism.io/languages/lisp) for instructions to
+get started writing Common Lisp. That page will explain how to install and setup
+a Lisp implementation and how to run the tests.
+
+## Formatting
+
+While Common Lisp doesn't care about indentation and layout of code,
+nor whether you use spaces or tabs, this is an important consideration
+for submissions to exercism.io. Excercism.io's code widget cannot
+handle mixing of tab and space characters well so using only spaces is recommended to make
+the code more readable to the human reviewers. Please review your
+editors settings on how to accomplish this. Below are instructions for
+popular editors for Common Lisp.
+
+### VIM
+
+Use the following commands to ensure VIM uses only spaces for
+indentation:
+
+```vimscript
+:set tabstop=2
+:set shiftwidth=2
+:set expandtab
+```
+
+(or as a oneliner `:set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab`). This can
+be added to your `~/.vimrc` file to use it all the time.
+
+### Emacs
+
+Emacs is very well suited for editing Common Lisp and has many
+powerful add-on packages available. The only thing that one needs to
+do with a stock emacs to make it work well with exercism.io is to
+evaluate the following code:
+
+`(setq indent-tab-mode nil)`
+
+This can be placed in your `~/.emacs` (or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`) in
+order to have it set whenever Emacs is launched.
+
+One suggested add-on for Emacs and Common Lisp is
+[SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) which offers tight integration
+with the REPL; making iterative coding and testing very easy.
+
+## Source
+
+The Ruby Koans triangle project, parts 1 & 2 [http://rubykoans.com](http://rubykoans.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.