[Edu-sig] OnLisp

[Chris Meyers]

Thanks for the tip Dethe. I've got the book downloaded and it looks like a real gem. That many of the special things you can 
do in Lisp can also be done in Python, makes this book especially valuable for this community.

Chris

02/26/2002 9:41:38 AM, Dethe Elza <delza@mac.com> wrote:

>You can download Paul Graham's out-of-print book On Lisp.  I found out 
>about this from an interesting weblog called "Everything Burns" 
>(http://jimfl.tensegrity.net/), which had this to say about it:
>
><quote>
>I esteem OnLisp  to be one of the most well-written, compelling books I 
>have encountered on any topic in computing. This is no mean praise 
>considering various works by one Stanford Professor name of Knuth. You 
>don't really have to care much about Lisp or its variants to enjoy this 
>book, though you should, at least, be able to tolerate topics which 
>arise from the peculiarities in Lisp-shaped languages. Familiarity with 
>Lisp will serve a programmer in any language anyway.
>
>Sadly, OnLisp is out of print, but you can download it free of charge. 
>You will be missing only the weight of the dense paperback in your 
>hands, the attractive cover, and the few figures sprinkled throughout.
></quote>
>
>http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html
>
>--Dethe
>
>--
>Dethe Elza (delza@burningtiger.com)
>Chief Mad Scientist
>Burning Tiger Technologies (http://www.burningtiger.com)
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>
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