Lisp has a reputation for being complex and difficult to read. I find
most other languages confusing, while I feel Lisp is simple and
elegant. A year ago, I spent some time writing an introduction to Lisp
with the goal of introducing Lisp focusing on readability, simplicity
and elegance. I finally took some more time to clean things up and
actually publish it.
http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFistContact
From the introduction:
Common Lisp: First Contact is an easy to read introduction to Lisp.
The goal is to make you familiar with Lisp syntax and with how Lisp
works. Nothing more than a basic understanding of computing is
required.
The actual text is a 128Kb PDF optimized for screen reading.
Enjoy,
Sven
On Apr 9, 3:24 am, ·····················@gmail.com wrote:
> OK, the URL should be
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFirstContact
>
> ;-)
>
> Sven
Pretty nice tutorial and introduction. The part about working with
files was new to me, and it was quickly absorbed. I would certainly
recommend it to my friends.
On Apr 9, 10:35 am, Jonathan Gardner <········@jonathangardner.net>
wrote:
> On Apr 9, 3:24 am, ·····················@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > OK, the URL should be
>
> > http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFirstContact
>
> > ;-)
>
> > Sven
>
> Pretty nice tutorial and introduction. The part about working with
> files was new to me, and it was quickly absorbed. I would certainly
> recommend it to my friends.
If you want Diggers to see it as well:
http://digg.com/programming/Common_Lisp_First_Contact
·····················@gmail.com writes:
> OK, the URL should be
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFirstContact
Good thing you put in a redirect for the original, misspelled
url :-)
·····················@gmail.com writes:
> OK, the URL should be
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFirstContact
Really nice tutorial.
Typo on page 13: the author of PCL is Peter Seibel not Peter Siebel.
Jens
On 9 apr, 19:55, Jens Teich <········@jensteich.de> wrote:
> ·····················@gmail.com writes:
> > OK, the URL should be
>
> > http://homepage.mac.com/svc/CommonLispFirstContact
>
> Really nice tutorial.
>
> Typo on page 13: the author of PCL is Peter Seibel not Peter Siebel.
>
> Jens
Thanks, Jens.
I posted a newer version based on the feedback that I got.
Sven