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Product Identifiers

PublisherNo Starch Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101593272812

ISBN-139781593272814

eBay Product ID (ePID)102902399

Product Key Features

Number of Pages504 Pages

Publication NameLand of Lisp : Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectProgramming / Games, Programming Languages / General, Programming / General

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorConrad Barski

Subject AreaComputers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight34.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-026755

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Turns out the border between genius and insanity is a pretty cheery place." --Paul Graham "An excellent book for someone who wants to learn how to program." --Slashdot "If for no other reason, you should buy Land of Lisp because of the extreme levels of unadulterated nerdery filling its pages. This book will appeal to the long-time Lisper and the neophyte." --Michael Fogus, author of The Joy of Clojure and Functional JavaScript "By choosing to teach Common Lisp using 1980s style text games the author has come up with an original and clever idea that avoids all the usual boring examples found in computer language books." --John Graham-Cumming, author of The Geek Atlas "To be honest, I just bought the book for enjoyment but I find myself getting a new perspective and learning more about Common Lisp. Recommended!" --Mark Watson, author of Scripting Intelligence

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal794.8/1526

Table Of ContentIntroduction Section I: Lisp Is Power Chapter 1: Getting Started with Lisp Chapter 2: Our First Lisp Program Chapter 3: The Syntax of Lisp Code Section II: Lisp Is Symmetry Chapter 4: Conditions Chapter 5: Learning Lisp Text and Console Programming... By Building a Text Game Engine! Chapter 6: Interacting with the World: Reading and Printing in Lisp Chapter 6.5: Lambda: A Function So Important It Deserves Its Own Chapter Chapter 7: More About Lists Chapter 8: This Ain't Your Daddy's Wumpus Chapter 9: Advanced Data Types and Generic Programming Section III: Lisp Is Hacking Chapter 10: loop and format: The Seedy Underbelly of Lisp Chapter 11: Printing Text with the format Function Chapter 12: Working with Streams Chapter 13: Let's Create a Web Server! Interlude: Functional Programming Is Beautiful Section IV: Lisp Is Science Chapter 14: Ramping Lisp Up a Notch with Functional Programming Chapter 15: Dice of Doom: A Game Written in the Functional Style Chapter 16: The Magic of Lisp Macros Chapter 17: Domain Specific Languages Chapter 18: Lazy Programming Chapter 19: Adding Graphics to Dice of Doom Chapter 20: Making Dice of Doom More Fun Epilogue: Land of Lisp: Secrets of the Seven Guilds

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisLisp is a uniquely powerful programming language that,despite its academic reputation, is actually verypractical. Land of Lisp brings the language into the realworld, teaching readers Lisp by showing them how to writeseveral complete Lisp-based games, including a textadventure, an evolution simulation, and a robot battle.While building these games, readers learn the coreconcepts of Lisp programming, such as recursion,input/output, object-oriented programming, and macros.And thanks to Lisp's powerful syntax, the example code isshort and easy to understand. The book is filled with theauthor's brilliant Lisp cartoons, which are sure toappeal to many Lisp fans and, in the tradition of all NoStarch Press titles, make learning more fun., Lisp is a uniquely powerful programming language that,despite its academic reputation, is actually verypractical. Land of Lisp brings the language into the realworld, teaching readers Lisp by showing them how to writeseveral complete Lisp-based games, including a textadventure, an evolution simulation, and a robot battle.While building ......, Lisp has been hailed as the world s most powerful programming language, but its cryptic syntax and academic reputation can be enough to scare off even experienced programmers. Those dark days are finally over Land of Lisp brings the power of functional programming to the people! With his brilliantly quirky comics and out-of-this-world games, longtime Lisper Conrad Barski teaches you the mysteries of Common Lisp. You ll start with the basics, like list manipulation, I/O, and recursion, then move on to more complex topics like macros, higher order programming, and domain-specific languages. Then, when your brain overheats, you can kick back with an action-packed comic book interlude! Along the way you ll create (and play) games like Wizard Adventure, a text adventure with a whiskey-soaked twist, and Grand Theft Wumpus, the most violent version of Hunt the Wumpus the world has ever seen. You'll learn to: Master the quirks of Lisp s syntax and semantics Write concise and elegant functional programs Use macros, create domain-specific languages, and learn other advanced Lisp techniques Create your own web server, and use it to play browser-based games Put your Lisp skills to the test by writing brain-melting games like Dice of Doom and Orc Battle With Land of Lisp, the power of functional programming is yours to wield., Lisp has been hailed as the world's most powerful programming language, but its cryptic syntax and academic reputation can be enough to scare off even experienced programmers. Those dark days are finally over-- Land of Lisp brings the power of functional programming to the people With his brilliantly quirky comics and out-of-this-world games, longtime Lisper Conrad Barski teaches you the mysteries of Common Lisp. You'll start with the basics, like list manipulation, I/O, and recursion, then move on to more complex topics like macros, higher order programming, and domain-specific languages. Then, when your brain overheats, you can kick back with an action-packed comic book interlude Along the way you'll create (and play) games like Wizard Adventure, a text adventure with a whiskey-soaked twist, and Grand Theft Wumpus, the most violent version of Hunt the Wumpus the world has ever seen. You'll learn to: -Master the quirks of Lisp's syntax and semantics -Write concise and elegant functional programs -Use macros, create domain-specific languages, and learn other advanced Lisp techniques -Create your own web server, and use it to play browser-based games -Put your Lisp skills to the test by writing brain-melting games like Dice of Doom and Orc Battle With Land of Lisp , the power of functional programming is yours to wield.

LC Classification NumberQA76.76.C672B3693