[Tfug] LISP texts

[Bexley Hall]

Hi, Claude,

--- Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:07:23PM -0700, Bexley
> Hall wrote:
> > Friedman, Daniel P & Felleisen, Matthias
> > _The Little LISPer_
> 
> _The Little LISPer_ is great.  I think that it may
> have been replaced by _The Little Schemer_.

Same authors?  Or, some other author copying their
format?

> In either case, I'm almost certain that it's
> still available from Amazon.
> 
> SICP is a classic but somewhat heavy (and, if I
> recall correctly, expensive).

Hmmm... probably a more recent text than Winston &
Horn (but, then again, *most* texts are!  :> ).
I will have to look into it.

> Another option is Chassell's _An
> Introduction to Emacs
> Lisp_ which is very accessible, free from the FSF. 
> Obviously, it's directed toward Emacs but it's 
> still lisp.

Yes, though I imagine that the "flavoring" of the
examples, etc. is geared heavily towards processing
text, etc.  I will pass it on...

Thanks!
--don

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