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LISP in small pieces Christian Queinnec, Kathleen Callaway
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

In Lisp In Small Pieces, Christian states that assignment, side-effects, and continuations break referential transparency. In other words, it is not really about truly building models. You might not care about Lisp but this is an excellent example of literate programming. An _environment_ assoicates entities with names. What features from R5RS would have to be removed if one wanted a referentially transparent scheme? I refer you to the excellent book "Lisp in Small Pieces". The book is no longer listed with a price, nor is it listed as available, except from other sellers. Literate, Racket-Styled Interpreter from Ch. Am cherry-picking my way through Queinnec's Lisp in Small Pieces, and your syntax-case exposition is exactly what I needed to introduce dynamic bindings. Quote first: (define quote-expression? I'd have to agree with Jens Axel that “Lisp In Small Pieces”, Christian Queinnec, 1994, first English translation, Cambridge University Press, 1996 is really without peer as far as tesxts go. À�Lisp in Small Pieces』より. Caveat: this is not a best-of nor a comprehensive list of Lisp books; it is merely a selection of Lisp books you may not have heard of or that special to me in some way. Lisp In Small Pieces supports only quote , if , begin , set! 23:32; Blogger ern said Awesome. It looks like the Lisp In Small Pieces for $3.95 craze has met its end. Lisp in Small Pieces is like that; it's more about a cute way to teach things that bends the mind than having fun in exploring design trade-offs.