Common LISP
eBook - PDF

Common LISP

The Language

  1. 1,029 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Common LISP

The Language

About this book

The defacto standard - a must-have for all LISP programmers.In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you'll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication - and find out about gray areas likely to be revised later. Written by the Vice- Chairman of X3J13 (the ANSIcommittee responsible for the standardization of Common Lisp) and co-developer of the language itself, the new edition contains the entire text of the first edition plus six completely new chapters. They cover: - CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System, with new features to support function overloading and object-oriented programming, plus complete technical specifications * Loops, a powerful control structure for multiple variables * Conditions, a generalization of the error signaling mechanism * Series and generators * Plus other subjects not part of the ANSI standards but of interest to professional programmers. Throughout, you'll find fresh examples, additional clarifications, warnings, and tips - all presented with the author's customary vigor and wit.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Common Lisp: The Language
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface (Second Edition)
  6. Acknowledgments (Second Edition)
  7. Acknowledgments (First Edition)
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction
  9. Chapter 2. Data Types
  10. Chapter 3. Scope and Extent
  11. Chapter 4. Type Specifiers
  12. Chapter 5. Program Structure
  13. Chapter 6. Predicates
  14. Chapter 7. Control Structure
  15. Chapter 8. Macros
  16. Chapter 9. Declarations
  17. Chapter 10. Symbols
  18. Chapter 11. Packages
  19. Chapter 12. Numbers
  20. Chapter 13. Characters
  21. Chapter 14. Sequences
  22. Chapter 15. Lists
  23. Chapter 16. Hash Tables
  24. Chapter 17. Arrays
  25. Chapter 18. Strings
  26. Chapter 19. Structures
  27. Chapter 20. The Evaluator
  28. Chapter 21. Streams
  29. Chapter 22. Input/Output
  30. Chapter 23. File System Interface
  31. Chapter 24. Errors
  32. Chapter 25. Miscellaneous Features
  33. Chapter 26. Loop
  34. Chapter 27. Pretty Printing
  35. Chapter 28. Common Lisp Object System
  36. Chapter 29. Conditions
  37. Appendix A. Series
  38. Appendix B. Generators and Gatherers
  39. Appendix C. Backquote
  40. References
  41. Index of X3J13 Votes
  42. Other Indexes