On LISP: Advanced Techniques for Common LISP by Paul Graham

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On LISP: Advanced Techniques for Common LISP

by Paul Graham

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Info:	Prentice Hall (1993), Edition: 1st, Perfect Paperback
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This book teaches how to think in Lisp. Read it after Norvig's Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming, which is really a general Lisp programming book in spite of the title. Graham is a very good programmer and you will learn a lot from reading his code.
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nillacat | Oct 15, 2007 |

A classic book of advanced Lisp hackery, especially involving macros. Contains much stuff that is available nowhere else. If you want to understand why Lisp can do things that no other language I know can, this is the book. (

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Perhaps the author gives the best description of this book: "On Lisp deals mostly with the kinds of programs you could only write in Lisp." The book provides extensive information on the advanced features of Lisp, which are not found in other popular programming languages. After showing how flexibly functions can be manipulated, On Lisp moves on to the best discussion of macros available, which includes details of the possible pitfalls (various referential bugs, for example). The book concludes with a demonstration of various advanced constructs that can be implemented in Lisp using the tools developed in the earlier part of the book. As with his other book, ANSI Common Lisp, Graham writes in a fluid style that is a pleasure to read.

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