🧬 Rosalind Problems in Common Lisp

Bioinformatics programming challenges from Rosalind solved using Common Lisp.

📋 About

This repository contains my solutions to bioinformatics programming challenges from the Rosalind platform. Each problem is solved using Common Lisp, a powerful and elegant language particularly well-suited for symbolic processing.

🚀 Prerequisites

• A Common Lisp interpreter (SBCL, CCL, ECL, or other)
• Quicklisp (optional, for dependencies)

Installing SBCL (recommended)

Linux/macOS :

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install sbcl

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install sbcl

📁 Structure

.
├── README.md
├── problems/
│   ├── dna.lisp          # Counting DNA Nucleotides
│   ├── rna.lisp          # Transcribing DNA into RNA
│   ├── revc.lisp         # Complementing a Strand of DNA
│   └── ...
└── helpers/
    └── helpers.lisp       # Utility functions

📚 Ressources

• Rosalind Platform

🤝 Contributing

Suggestions and improvements are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or pull request.

🌟 Why Common Lisp?

Common Lisp offers:

• Simple and consistent syntax for manipulating data structures
• A powerful macro system for creating abstractions
• An interactive REPL for iterative development
• Excellent recursion handling
• Optimized performance with native compilation

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