[LUGSB] Lisp Links (+ recommended reading)

[Arjun G. Menon]

I'd like to add that a really good free e-book for a getting started
on practical hands-on programming in LISP is "Practical Common Lisp"
by Peter Seibel:

http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

There's also a video on Google by the author of this book which
highlights on some of the primary differences between LISP and other
traditional imperative programming languages:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=448441135356213813&q=lisp

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:15 AM, John Zabroski <johnzabroski at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Brian Fix <brian.fix at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> i agree i dont really reply.. usually someone has beat me
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> Not to mention the fact interviewers might prep by searching for what you've posted on various news groups.
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> I keep around a list of people who can't figure out how to unsubscribe themselves from a mailing list I'm on.  Nothing is more fascinating to me than a person who can't figure out how to do this.
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> As for learning Lisp, there are a ton of free books and most of them use Common Lisp or Scheme.  Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days is free online.... but perhaps a more interesting book for some of you would be a a free e-book about musical composition.  http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ferguson/Notes%20from%20the%20Metalevel/nm/index.html You can also purchase the book off Amazon.  It is sort of more advanced.
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> I highly recommend watching the MIT lectures on Scheme.
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> If you want to learn how to write Lisp interpreters, start with the purple wizard book (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) and the free online lectures.  From there, I recommend Lisp in Small Pieces.  It is amazingly in-depth and for the most part blows away all other similar books, like Allen's 1976 book (which is rare and expensive anyway).
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