[Tutor] Ooer, OT Lisp

[Brian van den Broek]

Liam Clarke said unto the world upon 2005-01-20 21:46:
> Oops,
> 
> and OT ~ Has anyone used Lisp? I've been reading Paul Graham's 
> essays on how great Lisp is, and how Python is near to implementing
>  features Lisp had in the 60's. Also found the concept of macros 
> interesting.

<SNIP>

> Regards,
> 
> Liam Clarke

Hi Liam,

I've barely poked into Lisp or the book, but the Jargon File
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/W/Wizard-Book.html> has this
to say:

> "Wizard Book: n
> 
> Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Hal Abelson,
> Jerry Sussman and Julie Sussman; MIT Press, 1984, 1996; ISBN
> 0-262-01153-0), an excellent computer science text used in
> introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the
> jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less
> commonly, known as the Purple Book. Now available on the
> http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/"


Best,

Brian vdB