# HG changeset patch # User Steve Losh # Date 1533414520 25200 # Node ID 63c2a02ed78cf4b40e6e8973dc131d821f81820b # Parent 15d99aa7fd90474d1568cc72e031b54104857dd7 final final v2.psd diff -r 15d99aa7fd90 -r 63c2a02ed78c content/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp.markdown --- a/content/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp.markdown Sat Aug 04 13:20:42 2018 -0700 +++ b/content/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp.markdown Sat Aug 04 13:28:40 2018 -0700 @@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ ### Lisp as a System +TODO gabriel paper + At this point it's time to take your Common Lisp skills up a notch. Up until now I've told you to just use any text editor because it's more important to get you some experience with the language, but now it's time to move on. @@ -652,10 +654,10 @@ ### Recipes for Success -The final book I'll recommend to every aspiring Lisp programmer is [Common Lisp -Recipes][TODO] (abbreviated as CLR). Unlike most of the other books I've -recommended so far this one is relatively recent: it was published in 2015 TODO. -It's not free, but I think it's well worth the money it costs. +The final technical book I'll recommend to every aspiring Lisp programmer is +[Common Lisp Recipes][TODO] (abbreviated as CLR). Unlike most of the other +books I've recommended so far this one is relatively recent: it was published in +2015 TODO. It's not free, but I think it's well worth the money it costs. The book is written by the author of several very heavily used Common Lisp libraries. It's a bit of a grab bag of topics (which is why I think you need @@ -663,6 +665,19 @@ well-written grab bag that will teach you a lot of things you won't find in other books. +### Patterns + +If you've gotten this far you're pretty invested in Common Lisp, and I want to +recommend one non-technical book that I think you'll really enjoy: [Patterns of +Software][] by Richard Gabriel. Unfortunately I don't think it's available as +an eBook and it's out of print, so you'll need to track down a used copy. + +This is *not* the "Gang of Four"/"Design Patterns" book that you might have +already read or heard about, but is a set of essays by one of the original +designers of Common Lisps on a variety of topics. It's the best book I've read +so far this year. I don't want to spoil anything in it for you, so I'll just +say that I think you'll find it well worth the effort of finding and reading it. + ## Where to Go From Here If you made it through all the books and activities in the previous section: