[Tutor] Lisphon

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On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:33:19 +0200
Hugo Arts <hugo.yoshi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Tino Dai <oberoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > LOL, it's actually on the list of things to do. And hear that one will become a
> > better programmer once they learn LISP.
> >
> 
> I most certainly did. There are very few languages as conceptually
> pure as this one. If you ever get it on the top of your list, check
> out these links. [1] is the venerable book "structure and
> interpretation of computer programs," commonly regarded as one of the
> best introductory programming books ever written. It teaches scheme.
> [2] is a set of excellent lectures of said book, by its writers. They
> are very good teachers.
> 
> [1] http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
> [2] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/

Thanks for the pointer, Hugo, did not know these lectures. If you do not know lisperati, you *must* follow the pointer, if only for the home page: http://lisperati.com/.
Also, history of Lisp: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/lisp/lisp.html


Denis
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