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For everyone else who does not know all of the abbreviations: SICP: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - """Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry
by Perseids 13y ago
For everyone else who does not know all of the abbreviations:
SICP: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - """Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.""" (allegedly The New Hacker's Dictionary, 2nd edition)
PAIP: Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp - """Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating superior programming style and important AI concepts.""" (Amazon description)
K&R: The C Programming Language - """The C Programming Language (sometimes referred to as K&R, after its authors' initials) is a well-known computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the latter of whom originally designed and implemented the language, as well as co-designed the Unix operating system with which development of the language was closely intertwined.""" (Wikipedia)
(PG: Paul Graham - https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg - """Paul Graham (born 13 November 1964)[1] is an English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist. He is known for his work on Lisp, for co-founding Viaweb (which eventually became Yahoo! Store), and for co-founding the Y Combinator seed capital firm. He is the author of On Lisp[3] (1993), ANSI Common Lisp[4] (1995), and the book Hackers & Painters[5] (2004).""" (Wikipedia))