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Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

by todd8 8y ago

gecko 8y ago
Has anything really changed, though? QuickLisp, I guess, but that feels like about it.
- weavie 8y ago
  Also Lisp in a Box is no longer available. Nevertheless this book is always on my desk. I refer to it almost on a weekly basis.
  - phoe-krk 8y ago
    It has been superseded by Portacle. http://portacle.github.io/ http://portacle.github.io/
- ethagnawl 8y ago
  I was going to mention ASDF but, from its changelog, it looks like its first release was in 2001(!).
kazinator 8y ago
Any halfway good language has a constant procession of new books being cranked out about it. Reading a new "bible" is required every 3 to 5 years, along with updates to your entire code base.
- weavie 8y ago
  Common Lisp Recipes by Edi Weitz is the most recent 'bible'. Another excellent book.
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    I strongly agree and I can't recommend it enough. It's not a good first book, though - it's not meant as an introduction to Common Lisp (for that it, in fact, recommends Practical Common Lisp). It's best read if you can already find your way around Common Lisp REPL, and write some basic programs - it systematizes the knowledge, explores various quirks of the language, and shows you practical solutions to common problems. As for introduction, another nice book is Land of Lisp - it introduces you to most of Common Lisp by means of writing games of increasing complexity.
lispm 8y ago
It's new for those who haven't read it. ;-) There are a bunch of oldish Lisp books, but which might be read with some benefit even today. I'd would for example mention Performance and Evaluation of Lisp Systems (benchmarking Lisp), Keene's CLOS book, PAIP (writing classical non-trivial code and optimizing it), AMOP (meta-objects, extensible architecture), On Lisp (macros), Land of Lisp (fun&games), Common Lisp Recipes (Lisp lore), ... and also the Lisp Machine Manual ... For a bunch of, often old, Lisp related books see my list: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/lispm&tag=lisp https://www.librarything.com/catalog/lispm&tag=lisp
- jimbokun 8y ago
  In general, Lisp books were generally so far ahead of the state of the art at the time they were written, they remain very relevant and timely today. And very likely tomorrow. :)

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

by todd8 8y ago

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

gecko 8y ago

Has anything really changed, though? QuickLisp, I guess, but that feels like about it.

weavie 8y ago
Also Lisp in a Box is no longer available. Nevertheless this book is always on my desk. I refer to it almost on a weekly basis.
- phoe-krk 8y ago
  It has been superseded by Portacle. http://portacle.github.io/ http://portacle.github.io/
ethagnawl 8y ago
I was going to mention ASDF but, from its changelog, it looks like its first release was in 2001(!).

kazinator 8y ago

Any halfway good language has a constant procession of new books being cranked out about it. Reading a new "bible" is required every 3 to 5 years, along with updates to your entire code base.

weavie 8y ago
Common Lisp Recipes by Edi Weitz is the most recent 'bible'. Another excellent book.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  I strongly agree and I can't recommend it enough. It's not a good first book, though - it's not meant as an introduction to Common Lisp (for that it, in fact, recommends Practical Common Lisp). It's best read if you can already find your way around Common Lisp REPL, and write some basic programs - it systematizes the knowledge, explores various quirks of the language, and shows you practical solutions to common problems. As for introduction, another nice book is Land of Lisp - it introduces you to most of Common Lisp by means of writing games of increasing complexity.

lispm 8y ago

It's new for those who haven't read it. ;-) There are a bunch of oldish Lisp books, but which might be read with some benefit even today. I'd would for example mention Performance and Evaluation of Lisp Systems (benchmarking Lisp), Keene's CLOS book, PAIP (writing classical non-trivial code and optimizing it), AMOP (meta-objects, extensible architecture), On Lisp (macros), Land of Lisp (fun&games), Common Lisp Recipes (Lisp lore), ... and also the Lisp Machine Manual ... For a bunch of, often old, Lisp related books see my list: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/lispm&tag=lisp https://www.librarything.com/catalog/lispm&tag=lisp

jimbokun 8y ago
In general, Lisp books were generally so far ahead of the state of the art at the time they were written, they remain very relevant and timely today. And very likely tomorrow. :)