ANSI Common LISP 1st Edition

by Paul Graham (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0133708756

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For use as a core text supplement in any course covering common LISP such as Artificial Intelligence or Concepts of Programming Languages.

Teaching students new and more powerful ways of thinking about programs, this text contains a tutorial―full of examples―that explains all the essential concepts of Lisp programming, plus an up- to-date summary of ANSI Common Lisp, listing every operator in the language. Informative and fun, it gives students everything they need to start writing programs in Lisp both efficiently and effectively, and highlights such innovative Lisp features as automatic memory management, manifest typing, closures, and more.

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This book provides an excellent introduction to Common Lisp. In addition to chapters covering the basic language concepts, there are sections discussing the Common Lisp object system (CLOS) and speed considerations in Lisp. Three fair-sized examples of nontrivial Lisp projects are also included. The book's clear and engaging format explains complicated constructs simply. This format makes ANSI Common Lisp accessible to a general audience--even those who have never programmed before. The book also provides an excellent perspective on the value of using Lisp.

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Teaching students new and more powerful ways of thinking about programs, this text contains a tutorial--full of examples--that explains all the essential concepts of Lisp programming, plus an up- to-date summary of ANSI Common Lisp, listing every operator in the language. Informative and fun, it gives students everything they need to start writing programs in Lisp both efficiently and effectively, and highlights such innovative Lisp features as automatic memory management, manifest typing, closures, and more.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson; 1st edition (November 2, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0133708756
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0133708752
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 1 x 8.9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #263,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10 in Lisp Programming
- #671 in Computer Programming Languages
- #1,071 in Computer Software (Books)

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Paul Graham

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Paul Graham (born 13 November 1964) is an English computer scientist, 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 some programming books, such as: On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004).

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Sergio A. Becerril Lopez

Clear, concise and very enligthening

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2011

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When I was in college I took a course that dealt primarily with Dr. Scheme. Ever since I've wanted to expand my knowledge on Lisp and boy, this did book deliver. It's a great addition to a programmer's library, and you will certainly learn a whole lot about it - though you should bear in mind that the author himself said if you already know the language it's a good reference book, but you're probably not going to learn anything new from it.

As to the book itself, it's comfortably sized for one-handed reading, though the softcover makes it hard to place down on a table. Print is a bit off (top half of letters are a wee bit out of sync with the lower half) but the paper is good quality, and text is clear. It came a little bit roughed up, but perhaps that's due to its age. Great purchase in my opinion.

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Thomas Rowe

Good Book. Pricey. Bad binding.

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2004

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This book is a very good introduction to Lisp, as others have adequately explained. However, since it was first published the quantity of good free Lisp reading material on the web has increased. See <u>Practical Common Lisp</u> ([...]) as an example. The $47 expenditure might not be necessary if you just want to learn lisp.

My main complaint is the binding on the book. I have not put this book under any unusual stress and the spine is already starting to fall apart after a few weeks of use. This unacceptable for reference book that I would like to use well into the future.

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Jesse Stuart

Very good programming book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2014

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I have been wanting to learn a functional language for a while. Common Lisp seemed like the obvious choice because of it's rich features. Reading through this book and working the exercises really teaches you how to "think in lisp". I highly recommend this text to anyone wanting to delve into functional programming.

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Ashton MacKenzie

Badass

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2013

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When I was first introduced to programming, it was to a LISP derivative for educational purposes. I've tried C, C++, Java, Javascript, I've become very proficient in the web markups, but LISP is the best for how I think and want to solve problems and this book is the best if you want to learn programming in an active, fun way.

Paul Graham is an awesome author and I take every opportunity I can to cite him, his book(s), essays in my college papers. Maybe one day someone will get the message and make a class about LISP so I can take it and be entirely justified in stating that everything that this book is about is AWESOME.

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nil

I wish I had this book at hand when I ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2014

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I wish I had this book at hand when I learned about computer programming. It is not only a book about how LISP works, but also a subtle philosophical work, without allude or outline something in this respect. In all aspects, a complete book about a launguage many are still considering obsolete, as myself used to be, with simple and less simple but interesting and instructive examples. Maybe someone must walk along the way this book takes by reading in conjunction "Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age". If French were to be the good-manner expressing language, then LISP is definitely the French of programming languages. Thank you, Mr. Paul Graham.

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BRP

and worth doing so — even if you're not fortunate enough to use ANSI Common Lisp professionally

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015

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One of the classics that every programmer is expected to read, and worth doing so — even if you're not fortunate enough to use ANSI Common Lisp professionally, the concepts underlie almost everything else.

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John T. Mudge III

this is an excellent book to do it

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016

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It's the classic work; if you don't know Lisp and want to get started, this is an excellent book to do it.

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Shanelle Millage

nice book with good appendicies

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2015

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Very nice and thorough description of common lisp. Provides a nice balance between a computer science theory approach and a practical one. Extensive appendices which list functions and brief descriptions are especially useful.

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J. Schmuecker

LISP - efficiently presented

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2012

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ANSI Common LISP explains the details of LISP. While it is not as nice to read as some of the less language and more problem oriented books such as Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp , Land of Lisp: Learn to Program Lisp, One Game at a Time!: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! it excels because it covers a much wider range of LISP features.

Great book for an even greater language. I wouldn't recommend this for somebody who wants to learn what LISP is all about. For that I would recommed Land of LISP as it outlines the beauty (and difficulty) of LISP much better. But that's not what this is all about.

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JVJ

Good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2019

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Good book

Ewan Steele

Needed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2013

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This was a really helpful book it helped me understand Lisp so that I could pass my AI module at University.

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Luis Felipe Lopez Pellicena

Un buen libro

Reviewed in Spain on May 30, 2014

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Un buen libro, aunque no abunden los ejemplos. Bueno como libro de consulta, pero no para aprender Lisp. Me sirve para refrescar conocimientos olvidados (yo dejé el Lisp hace 25 años, y ahora lo he tenido que retomar).

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muy buen estado

Reviewed in Spain on September 13, 2017

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Libro en perfecto estado apenas tiene pequeños arañazos, muy contento de tener una gran lectura de programación Ideal para aprender Lisp y buenas prácticas de programación de la mano del genial Paul graham.

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