RosettaCodeData/Task/Greatest-subsequential-sum/Common-Lisp/greatest-subsequential-sum-1.lisp
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Common Lisp

(defun max-subseq (list)
(let ((best-sum 0) (current-sum 0) (end 0))
;; determine the best sum, and the end of the max subsequence
(do ((list list (rest list))
(i 0 (1+ i)))
((endp list))
(setf current-sum (max 0 (+ current-sum (first list))))
(when (> current-sum best-sum)
(setf end i
best-sum current-sum)))
;; take the subsequence of list ending at end, and remove elements
;; from the beginning until the subsequence sums to best-sum.
(let* ((sublist (subseq list 0 (1+ end)))
(sum (reduce #'+ sublist)))
(do ((start 0 (1+ start))
(sublist sublist (rest sublist))
(sum sum (- sum (first sublist))))
((or (endp sublist) (eql sum best-sum))
(values best-sum sublist start (1+ end)))))))