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Add Computus in Emacs Lisp #883

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37 changes: 37 additions & 0 deletions contents/computus/code/elisp/gauss-easter.el
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(require 'cl-lib)
(require 'subr-x)

(defun computus (year &optional servois)
"Calculates the day of Easter for a given YEAR.
Also computes its SERVOIS number when non-nil."
(let* ((a (mod year 19)) ; year's position on the 19-year metonic cycle
(k (floor year 100)) ; century index
(p (floor (+ 13 (* 8 k)) 25)) ; shift of metonic cycle, add a day offset every 300 years
(q (floor k 4)) ; correction for non-observed leap days
(m (mod (+ 15 (- p) k (- q)) 30)) ; correction to starting point of calculation each century
(d (mod (+ (* 19 a) m) 30)) ; number of days from March 21st until the full moon
(n (mod (+ 4 k (- q)) 7)) ; century-based offset in weekly calculation
(b (mod year 4)) ; correction for leap days
(c (mod year 7)) ; also a correction for leap days
; days from d to next Sunday
(e (mod (+ (* 2 b) (* 4 c) (* 6 d) n) 7)))
; historical corrections for April 26th and 25th
(when (or (and (= d 29) (= e 6))
(and (= d 28) (= e 6) (> a 10)))
(setq e -1))
(cl-values
; determination of the correct month for Easter
(if (> (+ 22 d e) 31)
(format "April %s" (+ d e -9))
(format "March %s" (+ 22 d e)))
; optionally return a value for the Servois table
(if servois (mod (+ 21 d) 31)))))

(princ (format "%s"
(string-join
'("The following are the dates of the Pascal full moon (using Servois\n"
"notation) and the date of Easter for 2020-2030 AD:\n"
"Year Servois number Easter\n"))))
(dolist (year (number-sequence 2020 2030))
(cl-multiple-value-bind (easter servois) (computus year t)
(princ (format "%-8s%-18s%-s\n" year servois easter))))
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions contents/computus/computus.md
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[import, lang:"javascript"](code/javascript/gauss_easter.js)
{% sample lang="typescript" %}
[import, lang:"typescript"](code/typescript/gauss_easter.ts)
{% sample lang="elisp" %}
[import, lang:"elisp"](code/elisp/gauss-easter.el)
{% endmethod %}


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