Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by tosh » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 12:56 PM UTC

Practical Common Lisp (2009)
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Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by todd8 » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:24 PM UTC

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by gecko » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC

todd8 wrote: post #2

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

Has anything really changed, though? QuickLisp, I guess, but that feels like about it.

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by Areading314 » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:28 PM UTC

This is a great book, but the subject of dealing with mp3s looks painfully dated.

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by tosh » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC

Areading314 wrote: post #4

This is a great book, but the subject of dealing with mp3s looks painfully dated.

I wonder what would be a great replacement topic nowadays. Ruby on Rails era was the blog in 5 minutes. What is "the project" now?

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by jhoechtl » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

tosh wrote: post #5

Areading314 wrote: post #4

This is a great book, but the subject of dealing with mp3s looks painfully dated.

I wonder what would be a great replacement topic nowadays. Ruby on Rails era was the blog in 5 minutes. What is "the project" now?

The chat bot?

Blockchain in five minutes?

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by Areading314 » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

tosh wrote: post #5

Areading314 wrote: post #4

This is a great book, but the subject of dealing with mp3s looks painfully dated.

I wonder what would be a great replacement topic nowadays. Ruby on Rails era was the blog in 5 minutes. What is "the project" now?

Building a data pipeline? Some kind of CV problem? Async chat server?

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by kazinator » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:41 PM UTC

todd8 wrote: post #2

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

Any halfway good language has a constant procession of new books being cranked out about it. Reading a new "bible" is required every 3 to 5 years, along with updates to your entire code base.

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by weavie » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:41 PM UTC

gecko wrote: post #3

todd8 wrote: post #2

Note that while this is one of the really good books on Common Lisp it is not new. The copyright is 2003-2005.

Has anything really changed, though? QuickLisp, I guess, but that feels like about it.

Also Lisp in a Box is no longer available. Nevertheless this book is always on my desk. I refer to it almost on a weekly basis.

Re: Practical Common Lisp (2009)

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Post by m0skit0 » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

Can anyone please comment what advantages and short-comings Common LISP has over "modern LISP" (i.e. Clojure)?