| Practical Common LISP Corrected , Cor Edition Contributor(s): Seibel, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590592395 ISBN-13: 9781590592397 Publisher: Apress OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: Lisp is thought of as an academic language, but it need not be. This is the first book that introduces Lisp as a language for the real world and provides an overall understanding of the language features and how they work. From this foundational knowledge, readers will move on to practical code examples centered on building a streaming MP3 server. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - General - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Compilers |
| Dewey: 005.133 |
| LCCN: 2005005859 |
| Series: Books for Professionals by Professionals |
| Physical Information: 1.45" H x 7.19" W x 10.41" (2.44 lbs) 499 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lisp is often thought of as an academic language, but it need not be. This is the first book that introduces Lisp as a language for the real world. Practical Common Lisp presents a thorough introduction to Common Lisp, providing you with an overall understanding of the language features and how they work. Over a third of the book is devoted to practical examples, such as the core of a spam filter and a web application for browsing MP3s and streaming them via the Shoutcast protocol to any standard MP3 client software (e.g., iTunes, XMMS, or WinAmp). In other "practical" chapters, author Peter Seibel demonstrates how to build a simple but flexible in-memory database, how to parse binary files, and how to build a unit test framework in 26 lines of code. |