Subject: Re: Resources & Compilers From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: 28 Oct 2000 09:52:23 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3181715543639805@naggum.net> * "Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy" <pdestroy@netcabo.pt> | I'd like to start on LISP. I think that's a very good idea, as long as you mean Common Lisp. (It was spelled "LISP" in ancient times, like many other acronyms that were capitalized. These days, it's spelled "Lisp".) | I already know Scheme and since Scheme is a dialect of Lisp I suspect that | the are similar. I think these are very bad ideas. Knowing Scheme is harmful to using other languages efficiently. Thinking that other languages are like Scheme is harmful to learning them. Generally speaking. It depends of course on how many bad habits you picked up from Scheme, but it is a language that rewards the bad while trying to teach some good. E.g., if you want iteration, use iteration, don't just _call_ it recursion and hope you have tail call merging so it becomes iteration. In general, recursion is good if you don't traverse something in only one direction. Scheme teaches recursion mostly for traversing structures in only one direction, and that's an incredible waste. | I would like the best net resources, reference books and an IDE or a | compiler for windows. I need sugestions... www.alu.org I would personally suggest the Allegro CL environment from Franz Inc. The trial edition for Windows includes the IDE, but has a few restrictions to force you to purchase a license instead of using it for commercial development. These may get in the way at times. #:Erik -- Does anyone remember where I parked Air Force One? -- George W. Bush