How to Learn Lisp & CLOS

CLOS programmers are in high demand in today's business world. LISP courses are taught at universities worldwide, and there are many courses available on CLOS.

Below are some resources to help you get started in learning CLOS. Also, be sure to order your FREE Allegro CL tutorial from Franz.

Tutorials

• Allegro CL tutorials: Order now.
• An Interactive Lisp Tutorial
• Common Lisp Courses on the Internet offered by the UK's Open University
• Marty Hall's Common Lisp page for Johns Hopkins University

Books on CLOS and LISP

• Amazon.com carries a large selection of books on CLOS and Lisp.
• Common Lisp: The Reference. Franz Inc., Addison-Wesley, 1988.
• Common Lisp: The Language, 2nd Edition [CLtL2]. Guy L. Steele, Digital Press, 1990.
• ANSI Common Lisp. Paul Graham, Prentice Hall, 1996.
• Lisp (Third Edition). Patrick Henry Winston and Berthold K.P. Horn, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
• Object-Oriented Programming in Common Lisp: A Programmer's Guide to CLOS. Sonya E. Keene, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
• Understanding CLOS: the Common Lisp Object System.Jo A. Lawless and Molly M. Miller, Digital Press, 1991.
• The Art of the Metaobject Protocol.Gregor Kiczales, Jim des Rivieres, and Daniel G. Bobrow, MIT Press, 1991.
• Others...

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