On Jan 9, 2006, at 3:35 AM, JC Helary wrote: >> I completely agree; if common lisp cant solve my problem as quickly >> as, say, Perl, it's no wonder its unpopular among 20somethings >: b > > I'm 36 and reading Ansi Common Lisp did not get me very far, while > Learning Perl 2nd Edition was exactly what I needed to get started > and write myself a few scripts that I use for work. > > I'd love to be able to do that with Lisp too.
So ISTR that there's another, newer Common Lisp book, that takes a more practical approach to the language and might get you going quicker. Maybe someone here remembers what it's called. ;-) -Peter -- Peter Seibel * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gigamonkeys Consulting * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/ Practical Common Lisp * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
