Greg Johnston escreveu: > 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. >
Actually, that was an example. I'd rather use OpenGL, but sometimes you are requested to do otherwise. As soon as I get some free time, I'm going to play with them. > > 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) > It will take some time, but I'll take a look at those. > 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... I think they are too cryptic for no reason. Then again, that's the sort of thing that disappears with usage. > On the other hand, Python has no 3-letter words. *struck dead by a > flying "def"* There's len, and a couple more built-ins. But at least they've got proper names :P Stephen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
