[Bese-devel] Learning Lisp

[Drew Crampsie]

Waldo Rubinstein wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I apologize for being a bit off topic from the mailing list  
> objective's, but I hope your answers won't take too much of your time.
> 
> As some of you know, I'm trying to catch up to Lisp and UCW at warp  
> speed and I'm wondering if you can recommend a good book for learning  
> Lisp and another good reference book that I can go back and forth to  
> get simple answers from?

IMO the best book for learning Lisp, assuming you are already an 
experienced programmer, is "Practical Common Lisp" which you can read 
online here : http://gigamonkeys.com/book/ (although it's much nicer in 
hardcover).

As for a reference, i've heard good things about Grahams "Ansi Common 
Lisp", although IMO the best reference is the hyperspec 
(http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm).

It also might help to pick up a little scheme, at least the concept 
call/cc, as UCW does differ from Common Lisp in that regard :).