LISP in small pieces by Christian Queinnec, Kathleen Callaway

LISP in small pieces Christian Queinnec, Kathleen Callaway ebook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0521562473, 9780521562478
Page: 526

See “Lisp in Small Pieces” or “Implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography” for real literate programs as books. I bought Lisp In Small Pieces, read 19 pages, then struck out on my own, writing a headcase macro to factor out the repetition from the SICP code, and an interpreter. I have developed what I call the “Hawaii” test for a good literate program. €�It is widely held among members of the MIT Lisp community that FEXPR, NLAMBDA, and related concepts could be omitted from the Lisp language with no loss of generality and little loss of expressive power, and that doing so would make a general improvement in the quality and reliability of program-manipulating programs.” . Quote first: (define quote-expression? The book is no longer listed with a price, nor is it listed as available, except from other sellers. You might not care about Lisp but this is an excellent example of literate programming. I doubt I would agree to shell out the $80 it costs had I not had the RAC money in PayPal already. Queineec, C., Lisp in small pieces, Cambridge University press, Cambridge, 1996. Literate, Racket-Styled Interpreter from Ch. Especially if "advanced" means "higher" position ;) – Heartless Angel Jan 22 '09 at 5:16 +1 for the first set, these are great books to add to the collection. Lisp In Small Pieces supports only quote , if , begin , set! Today I made the first order – “Lisp in Small Pieces” – it's just the kind of book to buy as a special present to myself. It looks like the Lisp In Small Pieces for $3.95 craze has met its end. One of my New Year's goals is to re-read Lisp in Small Pieces and implement all 11 interpreters and 2 compilers. I refer you to the excellent book "Lisp in Small Pieces".