Stephen Eilert wrote: > So, let's suppose I now want to learn LISP (I did try, on several > occasions). What I would like to do would be to replace Python and code > GUI applications. Yes, those boring business-like applications that > have to access databases and consume those new-fangled web-services and > whatnot. Heck, maybe even code games using DirectX.
DrScheme for the first. Oh...well, there's loads of OpenGL support if you can bear using that instead of DirectX. If you want CL, cl-opengl and cells-gtk seem to work well. > So, how would I do that? For Python, that was simple. I learned the > basics, then moved to the libraries, learning as I went. Python has > some excelent online resources. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ (Practical Common Lisp) http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html (On Lisp) http://www.htdp.org/ (HTDP) http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ (SICP) http://schemecookbook.org/ http://www.cliki.net/index (Note: I mixed Scheme and CL pages above) Not sure what other online resources you want. > No, I don't want to see yet another Fibonacci example. No, console > output is not fun. And yes, I know about this list processing stuff. > All I can find are introductions to LISP written for computer science > courses. I can't seem to put together all those mnemonics into a > working program. LISP is full of primitives with 3-4 characters, chosen > for historical reasons. You're welcome to use things like first, rest, or second instead of car, cdr, or cadr, but I always find the latter easier (car and cdr are composable, and remind you that you're using cons cells). What other mnemonics are there? I guess cons, but that shouldn't be hard... On the other hand, Python has no 3-letter words. *struck dead by a flying "def"* -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
