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**First there was LISPcraft, a tutorial introduction to Franz LISP, the most widely available real dialect of LISP. Now Robert Wilensky introduces students, teachers, and professionals to Common LISP.** In an interactive session with the interpreter, readers of this book are introduced to the elements of the Common LISP language as well as to issues of programming style. __Common____LISPcraft__ contains: Full documentation of every Common LISP function, symbol, and character. Standardization notes highlighted in the text. These draw attention to language features that are unspecified by the definition of Common LISP, that depend on the documentation, or that may be different in other LISP dialects. Detailed exposition of special Common LISP features, including multiple-value returns, structures, packages, and Common LISP data types. Expanded treatment of recursion, plus full discussion of I/O, debugging, system functions, and compilation. Examples of a variety of programming styles, with comments on good and bad style. Exercises that provide directions for further explorations, with a __Solutions____Manual__ available upon request. Two applied examples in the final chapters, to giv
Who reads Common LISPcraft?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert Wilensky
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393955446
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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