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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Alan Apt; 1996 edition (6 Dec 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0133708756
  • ISBN-13: 978-0133708752
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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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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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A simple view of a complex language, 20 Oct 2003
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I bought this book a couple of years ago to help me with the declarative languages portion of my computer science course. I expected it to be another programming text book covering the basics of the language with a few examples as most books do. I was then plesantly surprised with the content of this book. It not only explains using real world examples, it also explains why it works like that. I was quite confident after reading this book that I could program useful applications, although I was following a course of lectures as well with probably helped my understanding. All in all an excellent book to get a grounding in LISP programming, Top Notch.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent technical book, 21 Oct 2003
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Summary: A complete discussion of lisp and how it really works (not just fluff and buzz words).

I read a bit about lisp on the net and decided it was time to learn how the most brackety language ever actually worked, so bought this book.

I would strongly recommend this book to people who already have a good programming background are interested in gaining a proper understanding of lisp.
If you don't have a strong background then this book will take a bit longer to read, but it is extremely clear in it's explanations of the concepts and explains the detail behind them that will save you from making confusing mistakes later on.

All sections of the language are covered very clearly (imho) and the examples demonstrate some of the true power of the language very nicely.

I especially liked the examples of 'large' systems at the end of the book which demonstrated actual use of the language.

All I need to do now is find an excuse to write some lisp code...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great book, poor copy, 13 Jun 2009
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The book is a great introduction to Common Lisp. Maybe not comprehensive, but the important basic concepts are well explained as well as the "LISP philosophy".

However, the copies sold by Amazon UK are less than satisfactory. They are of poor print quality, and the numbering of the end notes is totally missing. There is a sticker at the beginning of the book stating that the copy is for Education and not for sale in Canada and in the US. Not good enough for US customers but OK for UK customers, right?
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