jvgs@gmv.es (Juan Garbajosa) (10/23/90)
I'm looking for coding standards for LISP, actually CLISP. Can anybody out there help me ? juan garbajosa jgarbajosa@gmv.es
eb@lucid.com (Eric Benson) (10/24/90)
From: jvgs@gmv.es (Juan Garbajosa) Date: 23 Oct 90 16:31:10 GMT I'm looking for coding standards for LISP, actually CLISP. Can anybody out there help me ? If by CLISP you mean Common Lisp, I can recommend Lisp Style & Design, by Molly M. Miller and Eric Benson (that's me), published by Digital Press, 1990. Here's the blurb from the back of the book: LISP STYLE & DESIGN explores the process of style in the development of Lisp programs. Style comprises efficient algorithms, good organization, appropriate abstractions, well-constructed function definitions, useful commentary, and effective debugging. Good design and style enhance programming efficiency because they make programs easier to understand, to debug, and to maintain. A special feature of this book is the large programming example that the authors use throughout to illustrate how the process develops: organizing the approach, choosing constructs, using abstractions, structuring files, debugging code, and improving program efficiency. Lisp programmers, symbolic programmers or those intrigued by symbolic programming, as well as students of Lisp should consider this book an essential addition to their libraries. Well, that's the marketing hype. This book is really a summary of Lucid's programming practices in writing a large Lisp program, namely Lucid Common Lisp. eb@lucid.com Eric Benson 415/329-8400 x5523 Lucid, Inc. Telex 3791739 LUCID 707 Laurel Street Fax 415/329-8480 Menlo Park, CA 94025