Re: CLISP books any good to learn Clojure

2014-08-24 Thread Mars0i
On Sunday, August 24, 2014 9:43:41 AM UTC-5, Ashton Kemerling wrote: > > Just remember that Clisp > > 1) not entirely immutable > 2) not a hosted language > > I worked in CL professionally for a year (SBCL in particular) and while > clojure is closer to SBCL than it is to python, it is a differen

Re: CLISP books any good to learn Clojure

2014-08-24 Thread Mars0i
Are people using "Clisp" to refer to Common Lisp these days? I always spell the whole thing out, or use "CL" when context makes it sufficiently clear. I think of "CLISP" as the name for one particular CL implementation. On Sunday, August 24, 2014 9:43:41 AM UTC-5, Ashton Kemerling wrote: > > J

Re: CLISP books any good to learn Clojure

2014-08-24 Thread Ashton Kemerling
Just remember that Clisp  1) not entirely immutable 2) not a hosted language I worked in CL professionally for a year (SBCL in particular) and while clojure is closer to SBCL than it is to python, it is a different beast. CL is a more complicated language, with a long past and odd specs co

Re: CLISP books any good to learn Clojure

2014-08-24 Thread Stefan Kamphausen
Practical Common Lisp will definitely help understanding Clojure, too. For example, the way, Macros are introduced and used, and understanding generic functions. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ stefan On Sunday, August 24, 2014 12:49:07 PM UTC+2, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > There are a lot of