Object-Oriented Common Lisp - Softcover

Slade, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136059406 ISBN 13: 9780136059400

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

LISP, which stands for LISt Processing, was developed in the late 1950s by John McCarthy as a language for manipulating symbols. This book presents the Common LISP Language, a version of LISP, and details a range of applications for it, including data structures, computer systems, and compiler design. This book presents a tutorial introduction to Common LISP, coverign lists and trees, recursion, local vs. global reference, characters and strings, streams, LAMDA and LABELS, control, debugging, macros, structures, classes and objects, vectors and arrays, and efficiency and compilation. For programmers interested in a language with simple syntax, extensive adaptability and advanced memory management.

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From the Publisher

The complete, up-to-date guide to Common LISP and its applications. LISP, which stands for LISt Processing, was developed in the late 1950s by John McCarthy as a language for manipulating symbols. This book presents the Common LISP Language, a version of LISP, and details applications for it, including data structures, computer systems, and compiler design. It includes a tutorial introduction to Common LISP, covering lists and trees, recursion, local vs. global reference, characters and strings, streams, LAMDA and LABELS, control, debugging, macros, structures, classes and objects, vectors and arrays, and efficiency and compilation. This book is ideal for programmers interested in a language with simple syntax, extensive adaptability and advanced memory management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0136059406
• ISBN 13: 9780136059400
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 774