CANDO: A Compiled Programming Language for Computer-Aided Nanomaterial Design and Optimization
What it is
Christian Schafmeister presents CANDO at the 2016 European Lisp Symposium. It is a compiled Lisp-based language for designing macromolecules and nanoscale materials, built on the Clasp implementation of Common Lisp.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as one of the best talks of the symposium for the unusual scope of applying Lisp to molecular design.
- 2 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2016, last 2019
What HN commenters said
“Best talks in my opinion”
Listed among the best talks of the symposium.
krzychukula, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “European Lisp Symposium 2016”
“no wonder CANDO is impressive, the scope and fields involved are pretty rare”
Impressive project with rare scope and fields involved.
agumonkey, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “European Lisp Symposium 2016”
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, nanotechnology, protein design, computational chemistry
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