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[ale] Why LISP? (was Why Ruby?)
- Subject: [ale] Why LISP? (was Why Ruby?)
- From: jpheale at LearnLink.Emory.Edu (John P. Healey)
- Date: Thu Jan 27 11:20:50 2005
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If you're just interested in the theory behind functional programming, I'd
recommend you learn scheme. Basically scheme is the intersection of all major
lisp dialects (ANSI Common Lisp is the union).
http://www.schemers.org/ is a pretty good resource for scheme stuff and has a
list of both introductory and advanced books on the subject. As far as books,
I've heard extremely good things about "The Little Schemer" by Friedman &
Felleise.n
If you're interested in more than just the functional paradigm, I highly
recommend Paul Graham's "Ansi Common Lisp", which provides a much deeper look
in what can actually be accomplished with Lisp.
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