Successful Lisp - Contents
Table of Contents
● About the Author
● About the Book
● Dedication
● Credits
● Copyright
● Acknowledgments
● Foreword
● Introduction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Appendix A
● Chapter 1 - Why Bother? Or: Objections Answered
Chapter objective: Describe the most common objections to Lisp, and answer each with advice
on state-of-the-art implementations and previews of what this book will explain.
❍ I looked at Lisp before, and didn't understand it.
❍ I can't see the program for the parentheses.
❍ Lisp is very slow compared to my favorite language.
❍ No one else writes programs in Lisp.
❍ Lisp doesn't let me use graphical interfaces.
❍ I can't call other people's code from Lisp.
❍ Lisp's garbage collector causes unpredictable pauses when my program runs.
❍ Lisp is a huge language.
❍ Lisp is only for artificial intelligence research.
❍ Lisp doesn't have any good programming tools.
❍ Lisp uses too much memory.
❍ Lisp uses too much disk space.
❍ I can't find a good Lisp compiler.
● Chapter 2 - Is this Book for Me?
Chapter objective: Describe how this book will benefit the reader, with specific examples and
references to chapter contents.
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