{"product_id":"lisp-in-small-pieces-paperback-9780521545662","title":"Lisp in Small Pieces (Paperback) 9780521545662","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLisp in Small Pieces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis will become the new standard reference for people wanting to know about the Lisp family of languages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristian Queinnec (Author), Kathleen Callaway (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521545662, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages, 35 tables  74 exercises\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 2.7 cm, 0.967 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects. It describes 11 interpreters and 2 compilers, including very recent techniques of interpretation and compilation. The book is in two parts. The first starts from a simple evaluation function and enriches it with multiple name spaces, continuations and side-effects with commented variants, while at the same time the language used to define these features is reduced to a simple lambda-calculus. Denotational semantics is then naturally introduced. The second part focuses more on implementation techniques and discusses precompilation for fast interpretation: threaded code or bytecode; compilation towards C. Some extensions are also described such as dynamic evaluation, reflection, macros and objects. This will become the new standard reference for people wanting to know more about the Lisp family of languages: how they work, how they are implemented, what their variants are and why such variants exist. The full code is supplied (and also available over the Net). A large bibliography is given as well as a considerable number of exercises. Thus it may also be used by students to accompany second courses on Lisp or Scheme.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTo the reader\u003cbr\u003e 1. The basics of interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Lisp, 1,2,..., w\u003cbr\u003e 3. Escape \u0026amp; return: continuations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Assignment and side effects\u003cbr\u003e 5. Denotational semantics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fast interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Compilation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evaluation \u0026amp; reflection\u003cbr\u003e 9. Macros: their use and abuse\u003cbr\u003e 10. Compiling into C\u003cbr\u003e 11. Essence of an object system\u003cbr\u003e Answers to exercises\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Programming \u0026amp; scripting languages: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Programming \u0026amp; scripting languages: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Programming%20\u0026amp;%20scripting%20languages:%20general%20%5BUMX%5D%22\"\u003eUMX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000165650712,"sku":"9780521545662","price":78.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521545662i_9dfbe40a-ff28-4c7c-a01f-969ec1a34f21.jpg?v=1691369453","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lisp-in-small-pieces-paperback-9780521545662","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}