COMMON LISP: The language
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Book Overview
The defacto standard - a must-have for all LISP programmers. In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you'll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:093237641X
ISBN13:9780932376411
Release Date:January 1984
Publisher:Digital Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.86 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 2.4"
Customer Reviews
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this is the "bible" of common lisp
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
to enjoy this book, you must be aware of what it is and is not. it is not intended for learning lisp. it *is* intended for thoroughly documenting the language, and steele is perhaps the best writer alive in this field. his thoroughness, attention to detail, and copy-editing skills are nearly impossible to beat -- it's not a coincidence that he was chosen to write the standard for java, based on his work on this book.
Differs from the standard
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Readers should be aware that is is not the official specification of ANSI Common Lisp. This book was published before the standardization work was finished, and the final standard disagrees with this book on a number of issues.Don't let that stop you from buying this book, though; it is an excellent read, contains a wealth of useful information, and is funny as well. Just make sure you use the standard (available freely on the web as the "Hyperspec") as your authorative reference.
A Thorough Reference Guide to Common Lisp.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Pros:Every single existing CL function is there (AFAIK), with rationale and explanation of some of the context of why/how it came about. Even if you're not a Lisper by trade, you'll get astonishingly many hints about how all of Lisp came to be. Even if what is described is the "Common Lisp" dialect of Lisp, you'll get as many rewards as hours you're willing to put in the study of this fascinating world. (I was taught Lisp some 20+ years ago and left it on the way-side for way too long. Now is the time to get serious about programming. -- I've written hundreds of thousands of lines of C, assembler, Java, (arg...) C++, all of which I consider a waste of time now. If only I could go back in time ... --Cons:I wish this single 1000+ pages book was split into two or more manageable volumes, that's my only gripe.
The Bible of LISP
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Steele's book is a technical definition of Common LISP. For users with some experience in LISP programming and an experimental approach to computing, this book is a gold mine of information from -- practical to bizarre.
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