Common LISP - (Dover Books on Engineering) by David S Touretzky (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 608
Genre: Computers + Internet
Sub-Genre: Programming Languages
Series Title: Dover Books on Engineering
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Age Range: Adult
Book theme: General
Author: David S Touretzky
Language: English

About the Book

Highly accessible treatment covers cons cell structures, evaluation rules, programs as data, recursive and applicable programming styles. Nearly 400 illustrations, answers to exercises, toolkit sections, and a variety of complete programs. 1990 edition.

Book Synopsis

This highly accessible introduction to Lisp is suitable both for novices approaching their first programming language and experienced programmers interested in exploring a key tool for artificial intelligence research. The text offers clear, reader-friendly explanations of such essential concepts as cons cell structures, evaluation rules, programs as data, and recursive and applicative programming styles.
The treatment incorporates several innovative instructional devices, such as the use of function boxes in the first two chapters to visually distinguish functions from data, use of evaltrace notation in later chapters to illustrate the operation of evaluation rules, and Dragon stories to explain recursion. The book contains nearly 400 diagrams and illustrations, and 77 pages of answers to exercises. Advanced topics and toolkit sections, and a variety of complete programs, extend readers' programming power.

About the Author

David S. Touretzky is Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has taught Lisp in both academic and corporate settings for several decades.