[sage-devel] presentation about Maxima at Sage

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:48:15PM -0700, Richard Fateman wrote:
> I like Peter Norvig's book, Paradigm's of AI Programming.
> Also Paul Graham's books.

Unfortunately, books on Lisp by Norvig and Graham appear to be
unavailable via Amazon or my local librart,
 
> They show you how powerful Lisp is, not just "describing the features".
> 
> You are probably full up on "the features" and need to have some programming
> goal in mind.

Actually, I am looking for a catalog of Common Lisp functions to study
off-line as well as online. 
 
> The online guides like CLHS will presumably fit in some device that
> fits in your pocket.  But I think few people program in Lisp or any
> other language "off line".  

I find reading books is easier on my eyes than reading the screen when I
have a lot to absorb.  What is CLHS?

Thanks.
 
> > -----Original Message----- From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> > [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of
> > dfeustel at mindspring.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:42 PM To:
> > Richard Fateman Cc: 'maxima mailing list' Subject: Re: [Maxima]
> > [sage-devel] presentation about Maxima at Sage developer days
> > 
> > So what is the short list of the best books to read & study to learn
> > Lisp? I have already (mostly) read _Practical Common Lisp_ and _Lisp
> > in Small Pieces_. I'd like to find a nice Pocket Guide to Lisp, but
> > it doesn't look like O'Reilly is likely to publish that title.
> > 
> > Thanks, Dave Feustel _______________________________________________
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