Lisp

The book arrived before the promised delivery date. I am happy with the supplier.

bought it for CS class

The private party I bought this from did an excellent job delivering it to me. I got it early, and the book was in better shape than I expected. the book itself is a good intro to Lisp. I bought it because I used the first edition of this book (before Common Lisp!) in college long ago. This edition covers Common Lisp and does a decent job. I found explanations about features that I didn't see in other texts, but some of the areas are kind of light. For example, the coverage of macros is light. You'll need another book for that. But overall the book is interesting and has good exercises, and has historical insight you may not find in another book. I only paid about $3.50 for my used copy, but I am very happy I did.

This is a very nice introduction to Common Lisp. It is not advanced at all, and I feel like several things are missing from the book. For example, the chapter that introduces macros does not teach you how to deal with variable capture and other macro-related issues; The condition system is not explained at all; and all chapters from the first part of the book seem to be a bit superficial.Anyway, it's a fairly nice book, particularly for people who are totally new to Lisp.The second part of the book is something like an introduction to AI in Lisp (but "AI as it was in the 80's" -- not that it's bad, but lots of things happened in AI since then).

Modern scripting languages ( notably Python) are very list oriented.LISP is the origin ( and basis of AI ) of all that. I an an "emacs" editor userand this was my motivation for getting this.The book is a bit beat-up but usable.

This is a good book to use if this is your first introduction to programming in LISP. Although some of the examples are a bit elementary, it is a good introduction to the language. The most frustrating thing is trying to use the book as a reference. The index is poor and due to the book's organization it makes looking up things a nightmare. If you're going to buy this book, buy a good reference book to go with it.

I bought this book interested in AI applications; I already knew LISP when I read it, and find it one of the best books for introduction to LISP. The text and samples themselves teach you how learning is done.

Very nice

日本発の第五世代計算環境がもてはやされた頃、遠い昔にPrologとLISPを始めようと試み、この第１巻を購入した。第五世代では、Prolog言語を採用し、結果、吾人もLISPより取り憑きやすいPrologを選択し、LISPは隅に追いやられた。しかし、LISPの機能が評価されつつ、双方が消えゆく立場となった。細菌、Mac OS XのLISP環境が健在であることを知り、改めてLISPを紐解いた。結果、第１巻では不足し、第２巻も購入することになった。現役を引退した今、LISPにもう一度挑戦している。良書だと思う。

この本の初版は、MacLispで書かれていました。読みやすい英文で、内容もわかりやすく充実していました。その第3版と言うことでCommonLispにあわせて書き換えられたということなので購入しました。MacLispからCommonLispへの書き換えはそれほど大変な作業ではなかったのではないかと思いますが、改定にあたってかなりの量の書き増しがありました。厚さが初版本の2倍はあります。Lispの標準教科書としてお勧めです。

I used LISP many years ago and bought this for nostalgia. Its a bit too generic and is more of a university book than a reference book. Good for the price anyway

Good book with a lot of practical examples

Pour un livre de 1993, il est impeccable. Le papier a un peu jaunit, mais pour le reste rien à signaler.Je suis satisfait de mon achat.