The Unwashed Meme » Recommended Reading http://the.unwashedmeme.com/blog Just a few bad ideas. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:34:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Learning Common Lisp http://the.unwashedmeme.com/blog/2007/09/20/learning-common-lisp/ http://the.unwashedmeme.com/blog/2007/09/20/learning-common-lisp/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:18:14 +0000 UnwashedMeme http://the.unwashedmeme.com/blog/2007/09/20/learning-common-lisp/ 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.

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My sister gave me his book last Christmas, and I often read snippets before going to bed. I’ve had a hard time getting through it as every time I go to read it I only get a page or two in before something strikes me as genius and I put it down sated.

He left Robert Siegel speechless on NPR recently– it also includes “The Secret Life of Public Radio”. If you are interested in buying his book you can do it through NPR and they benefit as well.

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