Hi Nick, I believe I am going to learn scheme too. I have done just a tiny bit of lisp in the past and I like it, but got caught up in other things - now I want to take the time to learn scheme.
I don't have any hope that it will be fast like C, but I have yet to find a language that is. I would be pretty happy if it was within a factor of 2 or 3 without hard work. - Don Nick Apperson wrote: > Thanks everyone for being really helpful. I think I've decided to go > with Scheme I think. It seems like it is a little friendlier to the > newbie. It seems to me like in some ways Scheme is less feature > bloated than common lisp. I'm sure those features are really useful, > but I feel it is good to learn the basics of a language then learn the > standard functions that come with it rather than the other way > around. I'll keep you all updated when I actually produce something > that plays better than random. > > - Nick > > On Dec 13, 2007 11:32 PM, David Doshay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Because I am just starting with Lisp, I find this an easy place to > start: > > http://gigamonkeys.com/book/index.html > > In the intro is the line: > For example, one vacation, having a week or so to hack Lisp, I > decided to try writing a version of a program--a system for breeding > genetic algorithms to play the game of Go--that I had written early > in my career as a Java programmer. > > From this set of pages, here is a link to an array of Lisp choices: > > http://gigamonkeys.com/book/lispbox/ > > > Cheers, > David > > > > On 12, Dec 2007, at 8:34 AM, David Doshay wrote: > > > I am presently engaged in the same search, although I run on Macs > > and am willing to accept either a GUI or a command-line > > environment. GUI debuggers can be handy. > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > > > > > On 12, Dec 2007, at 7:09 PM, Nick Apperson wrote: > > > >> I've been (and still am) a die hard supporter of C++, but since I > >> program in C++ for work (we develop gamelike software) I get tired > >> of C++ day in and out. I'd also like to push myself to learn some > >> new things. > >> > >> Lisp seems to me like a language I could really come to respect. > >> I run linux (no windows, period) and I am comfortable with command- > >> line if I need to be. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what the > >> best way would be to learn lisp so that I can begin working on a > >> computer go program in it. I can't even figure out what the right > >> dielect would be for computer go. > >> > >> Any of you out there using lisp want to maybe point me in the > >> right direction for how to learn this language as it applies to > >> writing a go program? Thanks. > >> > >> - Nick > >> _______________________________________________ > >> computer-go mailing list > >> computer-go@computer-go.org <mailto:computer-go@computer-go.org> > >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org <mailto:computer-go@computer-go.org> > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > <http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/> > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org <mailto:computer-go@computer-go.org> > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
