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Very good article, though I doubt it'll convince the usual mass of unbelievers. (I love Lisp, for the record, though my primary exposure has been through Emacs

by bitops 14y ago

Very good article, though I doubt it'll convince the usual mass of unbelievers. (I love Lisp, for the record, though my primary exposure has been through Emacs Lisp - so shoot me). A really great book that helps you get appreciate the concepts in Lisp, without really talking about Lisp directly too much, is "Patterns of Software" by Peter Gabriel. http://amzn.to/TxDKGG http://amzn.to/TxDKGG I found it to be a very enlightening read. Definitely a book you have to sink into with plenty of time and quiet.

blue1 14y ago
Richard Gabriel. Though Peter Gabriel would be good too :)
- bitops 14y ago
  Haha, oops! Too late to edit. Good catch. : )
- omaranto 14y ago
  It would be weird to have Peter Gabriel write about software. My favorite book of his is http://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Algebraic_Geometry_and_A.html?id=RDKRyP00aoMC http://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Algebrai...
TheMiller 14y ago
And a good book for folks who already know how to program and want to learn Lisp in some depth is "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
qiemem 14y ago
For whatever it's worth, this article actually convinced me to take plunge when I first encountered it.
jacques_chester 14y ago
Please don't use link shorteners, especially ones which don't allow me to edit your link to remove the kickback if that's what I want to do.
Ingaz 14y ago
>>the concepts in Lisp, without really talking about Lisp directly too much The book with the same feature is "ANTLR definitive guide". When I read it I was like: "Ha! It sounds like LISP!", "Ha! It sounds like FORTH!", "Ha! It sounds like Prolog!" And Terence Parr mentioned none of them. Amazing!
brudgers 14y ago
Patterns of Software is available as a free PDF directly from Gabriel's website: http://dreamsongs.net/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf http://dreamsongs.net/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf

by bitops 14y ago

blue1 14y ago

Richard Gabriel. Though Peter Gabriel would be good too :)

bitops 14y ago
Haha, oops! Too late to edit. Good catch. : )
omaranto 14y ago
It would be weird to have Peter Gabriel write about software. My favorite book of his is http://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Algebraic_Geometry_and_A.html?id=RDKRyP00aoMC http://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Algebrai...

TheMiller 14y ago

And a good book for folks who already know how to program and want to learn Lisp in some depth is "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

qiemem 14y ago

For whatever it's worth, this article actually convinced me to take plunge when I first encountered it.

jacques_chester 14y ago

Please don't use link shorteners, especially ones which don't allow me to edit your link to remove the kickback if that's what I want to do.

Ingaz 14y ago

>>the concepts in Lisp, without really talking about Lisp directly too much The book with the same feature is "ANTLR definitive guide". When I read it I was like: "Ha! It sounds like LISP!", "Ha! It sounds like FORTH!", "Ha! It sounds like Prolog!" And Terence Parr mentioned none of them. Amazing!

brudgers 14y ago

Patterns of Software is available as a free PDF directly from Gabriel's website: http://dreamsongs.net/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf http://dreamsongs.net/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf