RE: A question about objects in Lisp ... (getting back in the saddle)
Thanks, everybody!
I appreciate the recommendations - will start with them.
Regards,
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Goldman [mailto:rpgoldman@sift.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 12:31 PM
To: Nick Levine <nick@nicklevine.org> Deepak Surti <dmsurti@gmail.com>
Cc: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain@aeris.net> lisp-hug@lispworks.com
Subject: Re: A question about objects in Lisp ... (getting back in the saddle)
On 8/22/15 Aug 22 -1:58 AM, Nick Levine wrote:
> Start with Sonya Keene's intro. It's very clear. (Sorry, don't have
> the precise name of the book with me but you can look it up.)
It's "Object Oriented Programming in Common Lisp."
>
> - nick
>
> On 22 Aug 2015, at 06:18, Deepak Surti <dmsurti@gmail.com
> <mailto:dmsurti@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> To get up to speed on the current object system used in CL (CLOS), I
>> would suggest these:
>>
>> * Chapters 16 and 17 of Practical Common
>> Lisp: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
>> * For all the details on
>> CLOS, http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Programming-COMMON-LISP-Programmers/dp/0201175894
>> * And finally, to learn the CLOS meta object protocol (MOP),
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/The-Metaobject-Protocol-Gregor-Kiczales/dp/0262
>> 61074
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Thanks,
>> Deepak
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
>> (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net <mailto:Syed.Hosain@aeris.net>)
>> <Syed.Hosain@aeris.net <mailto:Syed.Hosain@aeris.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, all.____
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>> __ __
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>> Please pardon the somewhat naïve questions here, but I’d
>> appreciate being pointed in the right direction.____
>>
>> __ __
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>> Background: I have not programmed professionally in Lisp for many
>> years … pretty much since I stopped using a Symbolics Lisp Machine
>> in 1986. For that work, it was all Flavors objects – indeed, I
>> didn’t bother to learn what the object system was in Common Lisp
>> when it was released later.____
>>
>> __ __
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>> Now, I want to do some dabbling to get myself back up to speed.
>> Clearly, Symbolics Flavors are no longer the approved method (pun
>> intended J) for objects in Lisp.____
>>
>> __ __
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>> For me, the best way to learn is reading! So, where do you all
>> recommend I start … to understand current generation objects
>> systems (in LispWorks presumably) and compare to my knowledge of
>> Flavors perhaps.____
>>
>> __ __
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>> I /don’t /need a text on Lisp, but would like to find something
>> that describes what is used and perhaps compares it to
>> Flavors.____
>>
>> __ __
>>
>> Thanks!____
>>
>> __ __
>>
>> Z
>>
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