Subject: [sage-devel] presentation about Maxima at Sage
From: Raymond Toy (RT/EUS)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:34:54 -0400
dfeustel at mindspring.com wrote:
> 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,
I learned lisp from Winston and Horn. Still available from Amazon. I
see PAIP is still available on Amazon, though.
>
>> 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.
ANSI Common Lisp by Paul Graham has an appendix that briefly summarizes
all of the CL functions. Nicer than CLHS if you want a book, but not
nearly as complete.
>
>> 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?
Common Lisp Hyperspec. The html version of the CL spec itself, more or
less.
Ray