Re: Reading a text file not line by line but at once (beginner)

I have a file which consists of one word per line and I would like to
read it into a single list.
Searching the web[1] I found something which I adapted to my
needs. Basically the code works but it is terribly inefficient. This
is not the fault of the CL Cookbook. Probably I am using a hammer as a
screwdriver.
 
I'd be happy if you can give me some directions how I can tackle the
problem in a better way.

 
I like loop for this:
 
(with-open-file (s "foo.txt" :direction :input)
  (loop for line = (read-line s nil)
     while line
     collect line))

 
Gauche Scheme
 
(use gauche.generator)
 
(with-input-from-file "temp.txt"
  (cut  generator->list read-line))
 
 
Paul Graham, May 2001:
 
A hacker's language is terse and hackable. Common Lisp is not.
 
The good news is, it's not Lisp that sucks, but Common Lisp.