From: David Eno
Subject: Beginner book?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <39E86114.C24A65F2@twcny.rr.com>

Hello.

I'm a general applications programmer in New York State.  I'm interested
in learning LISP.  At this point I'm approaching it as a hobby.

Can anyone recommend a good book to get started with?

TIA

Dave

• Re: Beginner book? ChrisRath
  • Re: Beginner book? Ola Rinta-Koski
• Re: Beginner book? Rainer Joswig

From: ChrisRath
Subject: Re: Beginner book?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <20001014111213.26647.00001863@ng-fa1.aol.com>

Recommending beginner books is always problematic because we each come to Lisp
with different experiences and expectations.  I started with"Lisp, 3rd Edition"
by Winston and Horn.  The FAQ for the newsgroup also has some other beginner
books that might be worth looking into.

>I'm a general applications programmer in New York State.  I'm interested
>in learning LISP.  At this point I'm approaching it as a hobby.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good book to get started with?

From: Ola Rinta-Koski
Subject: Re: Beginner book?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <wk7l7bsalu.fsf@ANJOVIS.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-shoot-me>

·········@aol.com (ChrisRath) writes:
> Recommending beginner books is always problematic because we each
> come to Lisp with different experiences and expectations.  I started
> with"Lisp, 3rd Edition" by Winston and Horn.  The FAQ for the
> newsgroup also has some other beginner books that might be worth
> looking into.

  My recommendation is also Winston and Horn. It starts from basics
  without being dragging for someone who already knows another
  programming language. Plus, it's very readable.
-- 
  Some people just prove that human procreation is too cheap.
	-- Erik Naggum

From: Rainer Joswig
Subject: Re: Beginner book?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <joswig-FF83C3.17290414102000@news.is-europe.net>

In article <·················@twcny.rr.com>, David Eno 
<····@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm a general applications programmer in New York State.  I'm interested
> in learning LISP.  At this point I'm approaching it as a hobby.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a good book to get started with?

http://www.lisp.org/ gives infos about learning Lisp.

See: http://www.lisp.org/table/learn.htm

-- 
Rainer Joswig, Hamburg, Germany
Email: ·············@corporate-world.lisp.de
Web: http://corporate-world.lisp.de/