Subject: [sage-devel] presentation about Maxima at Sage
From: dfeustel at mindspring.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:46:26 -0500
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 04:34:54PM -0400, Raymond Toy (RT/EUS) wrote:
> 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.
Was that the book that is available used for $224? :-)
>>> 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.
I have added a link to CLHS to my links page.
>>
>>> 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