perfect paperback, 413 pages
English language
Published Sept. 9, 1993 by Prentice Hall.
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The title itself, "On Lisp", is a reference to the idea that you can solve a programming problem by first building a programming language that lets you talk about your programming problem easier. In Lisp the programmer builds this problem specific language on top of Lisp itself using basic Lisp constructs called "macros". This style of programming is called "bottom-up programming".
On Lisp is especially known for the complete description of Common Lisp macros and their uses, but the book also covers many other aspects of bottom-up programming in Common Lisp.
Subjects
- High level programming languages
- Lisp (Programming Language)
- Computers - Languages / Programming
- Computer Books: Languages
- Programming Languages - General
- Computer Bks - Languages / Programming
- COMMON LISP (Computer program
- COMMON LISP (Computer program language)