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Lisp in Small Pieces

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This is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects. It describes 11 interpreters and 2 compilers, including very recent techniques of interpretation and compilation. The book is in two parts. The first starts from a simple evaluation function and enriches it with multiple name spaces, continuations and side-effects with commented variants, while at the same time the language used to define these features is reduced to a simple lambda-calculus. Denotational semantics is then naturally introduced. The second part focuses more on implementation techniques and discusses precompilation for fast interpretation: threaded code or bytecode; compilation towards C. Some extensions are also described such as dynamic evaluation, reflection, macros and objects. This will become the new standard reference for people wanting to know more about the Lisp family of languages: how they work, how they are implemented, what their variants are and why such variants exist. The full code is supplied (and also available over the Net). A large bibliography is given as well as a considerable number of exercises. Thus it may also be used by students to accompany second courses on Lisp or Scheme.
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    Cambridge University Press
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    December 4, 2003
  5. Language
    English
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    7.44 x 1.21 x 9.69 inches
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"This is a good, solid book. The writing is subtle, but clear. It is certainly worth reading for anyone..." C.M. Holt, Computing Reviews

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This will become the new standard reference for people wanting to know about the Lisp family of languages.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (December 4, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 536 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521545668
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521545662
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.13 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 1.21 x 9.69 inches
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Professor Emeritus of Sorbonne University, I have been working, all my research life, on various aspects of programming languages: from semantics to implementation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get better than this if you're interested in Lisp and/or language ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2014
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It doesn't get better than this if you're interested in Lisp and/or language implementation. You can read this book on a few different levels and get plenty of mileage. First of all, you can look through the features implemented, which are generally progressive in terms of complexity and implementation, and go straight to the topic that interests you the most.

I would caution you that this shouldn't be a first book on language implementation. I couldn't enumerate off hand, all of the documents that I've read on the topic - including quite a few that were Lisp specific - and I'd rank this one pretty in terms of difficulty. But the great thing is that the author is methodical about incrementally introducing and explaining the features. That still requires a lot of rumination from me to build the necessary framework inside of my skull.
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JohnDiego
5.0 out of 5 stars I can only add a few things to the excellent reviews
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013
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See the other reviews for contents on the content. This is an outstanding book.

This book is an exact copy of the hardback, although the number of pages differs. Amazon is now counting the sides of all pages in the PDF/physical book, which isn't the way pages in books are usually counted.

There is a second edition of this book published January 2007, but it is only avaiable in French, published by Paracamplus and available from lmet.fr. They seem to be the only distributor.

Auteur(s) : QUEINNEC
Editeur : PARACAMPLUS
Parution : 01/2007
Langue : Francais
Nbre de pages : 484
ISBN : 9782916466033
Reliure : Paperback
Prix : 38.00 ttc
Disponibilité : En stock. Livraison sous 24h
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W. Ghost
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on implementing Lisp-like languages
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2007
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This book is excellent. It is clear but not superficial at all.

Queinnec explains from the basics of Lisp implementation (evaluation of S-expressions) to techniques for compiling into C. You will find very good advice on how to implement macros, continuations and higher-order functions. If you want to implement Lisp, Scheme or any other language actually, buy this book!

Besides being an excellent technical text, the book is also a great pleasure to read, because of Queinnec's writing style.

Also, there are exercises -- with answers! :-)
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Yuri Pavlov
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2009
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I don't have much experience with LISP and Scheme, but
I enjoy reading that book because the author gives a deep
insight into the inner workings and structure of compilers/
interpreters for the whole family of LISP languages and beyond.
It's a hard read (at least for me) - mostly because it contains
too much information and you need to follow the code sections
on almost every page (written in Scheme), but it deserves every
hour you'll dedicate to reading it.
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Cecil McGregor
5.0 out of 5 stars Books don't cost, they provide
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016
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I love lisp. This book provides even more wetware for my enthusiasm for this niche language.
While this book may seem expensive, absorbing even a portion will improve you coding techniques.

Good book, good price, seller is A++++++++++
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AMS
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic. Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2014
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This book is right up there with SICP and LoL. If you are serious about understanding how Lisp works and why it works that way then this book is one of the best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive - gradual student level
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Pretty much the only book on how to write a Lisp / Scheme VM - saves months of trolling through online boards...
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Ronald Schröder
5.0 out of 5 stars The future history of programming
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2005
I'm not a professional reviewer. But I program a lot, and for a living. After more than 15 years of experience in algorithm development and user interface design, to name some extremes, I get the feeling that "traditional" computer programming languages like C (C++, C#, Objective C) and Pascal (Modula, Oberon, ADA)

and even oldtimers as Cobol and Fortran tend to develop, or rather mature, into languages getting closer and closer to Lisp, Algol, and their ultimate offspring, Scheme.

This is not without reason.

But although the many qualities of Lisp have long since been known in academia, they need time and, more important, good reference material, to find their way into the real world.

Lisp programmers know the value of everything, but the cost of nothing, it is said. Christian Queinnec neatly fills the gap in our knowledge in a book that is a hard read because of the density of the content, but also a fun book because all the source is there (available through the Internet, of course) to experiment with.

You will not only gain insight into the workings of your Lisp system. You will gain insight into the basic elements of computer programming languages and their reason for being, their implementation, and the benefits and costs they will bring you.

All in all, one of the best books on Lisp I have ever almost, but not completely grokked.

I sincerely believe that tomorrow's programming languages, whether they be called C** or Delphi 2010, will be closer to current Lisp than to current C or Pascal, and a way to efficiently implement these languages is available here and now.

The book covers all standard material like direct interpretation, compilation towards a virtual machine using bytecodes, and compilation to C. New material is found in the chapter on macro's , a subject that has regained much interest of late. A broad variety of programming styles is used to illustrate all concepts.

There is only one drawback to the book. It won't teach you Lisp, or Scheme. That is, unless you already know it.
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Szabolcs Baader
4.0 out of 5 stars What is the correct programs/code link?
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Hi,

Could you help me what is the correct link? - the anonymous ftp isn't working for me.. (the email as contact.. coming back)

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Andrew H.
1.0 out of 5 stars Paperback has poor print quality
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2020
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Sadly the paperback suffers from poor, pixelated print so I'm returning my copy. Hopefully CUP sort out a new edition, the book deserves better.
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