Subject: Re: About the realization of an interpreter
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 06:13:49 -0000
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <uo30gtl3lg2i14@corp.supernews.com>
J.St. <der_julian@web.de> wrote:
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| Bill Clementson <bc19191@attbi.com> writes:
| > der_julian@web.de (J.St.) writes:
| > > Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile+NO@SPAM+starynkevitch.net.invalid> writes:
| > > > There is an excellent book by Christian Queinnec on this very subject.
| > > > See http://youpou.lip6.fr/queinnec/WWW/LiSP.html
| > > 
| > > Amazon.de says 97.92 EUR !
| > 
| > The "Lisp in Small Pieces" book is exceptional and I haven't seen an
| > equivalent for any other programming language. If you are implementing a
| > Lisp interpreter, you will find it very hard to beat this book as a
| > resource.
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I second (or 3rd or 4th) the recommendation.

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| > However, to keep the price down, you might want to keep an eye
| > out for used copies - even if you need to order them from the USA and
| > pay the freight charges. For example, here are the second-hand prices
| 
| I looked for used copies on the German "market", with now success till
| now. I will consider ordering from the USA. Thanks for the links.
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If you read French, you may find it easier to obtain the original
(pre-translation) version of the same book:

	Christian Queinnec, "Les langages Lisp".
	Inter�ditions, Paris (France), 1994.


-Rob

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