HAFNER%northeastern.edu@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (07/08/86)
Replying to Mark Richer's query about texts for teaching Lisp: There are a number of good textbooks on Lisp. I prefer Winston & Horn because of the emphasis on applications of Lisp, especially to AI. However, whatever text you choose, you should supplement it with "The Little Lisper" 2nd edition by Dan Friedman and Matthias Felleisen. TLL is a wonderful teaching tool - it is skill-oriented, thorough, and entertaining. I expect it will be especially useful for the students who are not math or CS majors. Good luck!! Carole Hafner hafner@northeastern P.S. Regarding the appropriateness of comments on Lisp programming on the AILIST: I find this material interesting, relevant, and highly appropriate. Lisp is the medium for most AI research, and effective use of that medium is of great concern to many. Ditto for other programming methods (logic programming, object oriented programming, etc.)
rapaport@buffalo.CSNET ("William J. Rapaport") (07/11/86)
Another good LISP text is the new one by my colleague Stuart C. Shapiro: LISP: An Interactive Approach (Computer Science Press). It is dialect-independent and intended for self-study. We have used it (in both manuscript and published versions) for a number of years at SUNY Buffalo, with great success.