Archive for September, 2007

Learning Common Lisp

September 20th, 2007

Peter Seibel wrote a Common Lisp tutorial that is the best introduction for Common Lisp that I’ve seen. I’ve poked around at a few different books, but that one was the one I actually learned Common Lisp from. It is clearly written giving you what you need to know without getting bogged down. I also find myself revisiting it as a reference from time to time even though I now use the Common Lisp Hyperspec much more. Common Lisp rocks.

Even If you aren’t looking to learn Common Lisp, I would recommend Object Reorientation: Generic Functions for a non-Java-like look at how object orientation can be done nicely. Multimethods rock.

The Carpendium

September 12th, 2007
  • Carptacular: Something is fishy
  • Carpe Diem: The day of the fish
  • Carpentry: Do fish really build?
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrom: When a fish burrows into your wrists.
  • Carport: Where fish park.
  • Carpathian: Mountain range made entirely of fish bones.
  • Carpet: Flooring of fish scales.
  • Carpooling: How a school gets to school.
  • Escarpment: A wall of fish.
  • A Carpella: a bunch of fish singing.