Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation - David S. Touretzky

Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation by David S. Touretzky is an approachable guide to learning Lisp, written for readers new to programming as well as experienced programmers. This paperback reprints the Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1990 edition.

Key details

• Author: David S. Touretzky
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 608
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 31 March 2013
• ISBN: 9780486498201

Synopsis

This introduction sets out core ideas in Lisp with clear explanations of cons cell structures, evaluation rules, programs as data, and both recursive and applicative programming styles. To support learning, it uses distinctive teaching devices, including function boxes in the opening chapters to separate functions from data, evaltrace notation to demonstrate evaluation rules, and “Dragon stories” to clarify recursion.

Nearly 400 diagrams and illustrations accompany the text, alongside 77 pages of answers to exercises. Advanced topics, “toolkit” sections, and a range of complete programs are included to extend readers’ programming capability, with relevance to artificial intelligence research.

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