I bought the print and eBook bundle and so far I'm really pleased with it. I'm at Chapter 3 already and it's an easy read; the author explains things in simple English that's very easy to follow. The illustrations help in clarifying concepts and also serve up some humor that keeps things interesting. Kudos!
Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video.
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#32If you'd like a video addendum, courtesy of @lisperati and @johnclaus (the videographer), to this post http://bit.ly/cjDWg5
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#33I'm learning LISP through this book, and it's fun!
On p.42, when explaining the c*r functions, I found it easier to just read the "sequence" right-to-left.
For example:
(cadadr '((peas carrots tomatoes) (pork beef chicken) duck))
BEEF
Aside: I am now beginning to appreciate Clojure more. :P
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#34The comic on the Land of Lisp page is so well done. Click on the blinking words. I'm speechless...
Clicking on them doesn't do anything for me (Safari), what do they do?
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#35Hi HNers- I'm Conrad (aka drcode) the author of said book. Thanks guys for helping build the buzz around LOL! (I should also thank pg for getting me into this stuff in the first place.) I'll be lurking in this thread today and tomorrow... feel free to post any questions about the book or about Lisp in general and I will answer them. Here's the only coupon code currently for the book. I'm posting it exclusively on HN…
Thanks for this wonderfull book! I have just bought the printed book with the pdf. Very very good!
This might be just the perfect companion to "Pratical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel. I always thought PCL is an excellent book for someone who already knows some Lisp. With these two books, I believe you really achieve a powerfull combo to start learning and using Lisp!
And the music is very cool too :-)
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#36Re: Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video.
#37Hi HNers- I'm Conrad (aka drcode) the author of said book. Thanks guys for helping build the buzz around LOL! (I should also thank pg for getting me into this stuff in the first place.) I'll be lurking in this thread today and tomorrow... feel free to post any questions about the book or about Lisp in general and I will answer them. Here's the only coupon code currently for the book. I'm posting it exclusively on HN…
Congrats on the release. I'm excited to finish reading the book. I just thought you should know, however, that there's a minor mistake (I think) in some of the walkthrough stuff in the pdf. On page 56: > (defun pudding-eater (person) (cond ((eq person 'henry) (setf *arch-enemy* 'stupid-lisp-alien) '(curse you lisp alien – you ate my pudding)) ((eq person 'johnny) (setf *arch-enemy* 'useless-old-johnny) '(i hope you c…
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#38Looks like the "HN Effect" is making the site unavailable. Saw it briefly earlier and looked great!
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#40Hi HNers- I'm Conrad (aka drcode) the author of said book. Thanks guys for helping build the buzz around LOL! (I should also thank pg for getting me into this stuff in the first place.) I'll be lurking in this thread today and tomorrow... feel free to post any questions about the book or about Lisp in general and I will answer them. Here's the only coupon code currently for the book. I'm posting it exclusively on HN…
Congrats on the release. I'm excited to finish reading the book. I just thought you should know, however, that there's a minor mistake (I think) in some of the walkthrough stuff in the pdf. On page 56: > (defun pudding-eater (person) (cond ((eq person 'henry) (setf *arch-enemy* 'stupid-lisp-alien) '(curse you lisp alien – you ate my pudding)) ((eq person 'johnny) (setf *arch-enemy* 'useless-old-johnny) '(i hope you c…
Yes, you are right- You found the first errata!
At least the intent of the code is still clear.