brunner@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM (Thomas Eric Brunner) (12/07/86)
When I worked in Bracknell, someone there was kind enough to let me read a little booklet called (I think) "THE LITTLE LISPER". I haven't found it in my post-move-to-sunny-California boxes...Does this ring a bell to anyone? I'd like to buy a copy - it was a "nice", and illustrated, text on lisp. Thanks for the pointers! Eric
hamscher@HT.AI.MIT.EDU (Walter Hamscher) (12/10/86)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 86 22:56:03 PST From: Thomas Eric Brunner <brunner@spam.istc.sri.com> When I worked in Bracknell, someone there was kind enough to let me read a little booklet called (I think) "THE LITTLE LISPER". I haven't found it in my post-move-to-sunny-California boxes...Does this ring a bell to anyone? I'd like to buy a copy - it was a "nice", and illustrated, text on lisp. ``The Little LISPer,'' by Daniel P. Friedman. Published by Science Research Associates (SRA), copyright 1974. ISBN 0-574-19165-8. Haven't seen the book sold in years, though. I bought mine in 1980.
rapaport@buffalo.CSNET ("William J. Rapaport") (12/10/86)
In reply to brunner@spam.istc.sri.com query about LISP: Daniel P. Friedman & Matthias Felleisen, _The Little LISPer_, 2nd edition, (Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1986). Another LISP text, along similar lines, is: Stuart C. Shapiro, _LISP: An Interactive Approach_ (Rockville, MD: Computer Science Press, 1986).
EDH@HNYKUN52.BITNET (12/10/86)
I recently found the Little Lisper's 2nd edition. It has been extended and still is a delight. See foreword by Jerry Sussman and blurbs by Hofstadter and like. The working Lisper (non-math) may want to take a glance at the derivation of the Y-operator. Here's the reference Friedman, D. & Felleisen, M. (1986). The Little LISPer, Second Edition. Science Research Associates, Chacago. I paid $14.- Edward Hoenkamp.