Great list. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > Thanks for the kind words, David. I hope many people will like > Programming Clojure and find it useful. > > Clojure has a *ton* of goodness in it. I think many of the chapters in > Programming Clojure book could usefully be followed with an entire > book. Here is a partial list of recommendations for companion reading: > > For Java Interop: > * The JVM spec (free online). Know your platform. :-) > > For Functional Programming: > * Real World Haskell (free online) > > For Concurrency: > * Java Concurrency in Practice > > For Macros: > * On Lisp (free online) > > For Lisp in General: > * Practical Common Lisp (free online) > * Paradigms of AI Programming > > For Multimethods: > * The Art of the Metaobject Protocol > > Just Because: > * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs > > Cheers, > Stuart > > > Of course I beg to differ. The Stuart Halloway's book is fantastic > > of course, I have it myself. It's absolutely required reading. > > Stuart does his best to describe the ins and outs of the language > > while giving a crash course on the Lisp philosophy. And yes Clojure > > is syntactically different from Scheme and Common Lisp, however many > > of the non-Clojure texts suggested do a better job explaining the > > deeper why's of Lisp programming, concepts that go beyond the > > particular implementation. In fact I would probably recommend the > > Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs as the > > indispensable Lisp text above all others. > > > > But thats just MHO. > > > > David > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Rayne <disciplera...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Telling someone to read a book that isn't even focused on the language > > he's trying to learn isn't a great way to help them. Tell him to read > > Programming Clojure or something, anything but Common Lisp and Scheme > > books, he isn't learning those languages he's learning Clojure. There > > is enough information around on Clojure that someone shouldn't be > > forced to read a book on a completely different language. > > > > No offense guys. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
