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Show HN: "Programming Algorithms in Lisp” Book

by vseloved on 2/8/21, 4:09 PM with 33 comments

• by vseloved on 2/8/21, 4:14 PM

  Hi, I'm the author.

  For those who haven't heard about the book yet: it is a practical description of the main data structures and algorithms in use today. The book is also featuring a presentation of the most important algorithm development techniques, as well a examples of the real-world use cases in each chapter. It uses Common Lisp as an implementation language, and also contains a crash course into the language if you are not yet familiar with it.

  For those who have already seen or even read the previous version published on Leanpub, here is a summary of the updates: http://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2021/02/programming-algori...

  As usual, AMA.

• by mindcrime on 2/8/21, 5:04 PM

  Perfect timing... I just renewed my APress Access subscription like 3 days ago. Will definitely give this a look.

• by u678u on 2/8/21, 10:05 PM

  Anyone tried leetcode with lisp? I'm not sure if its a good way to learn or an exercise in banging your head against the wall.

• by peebz on 2/8/21, 8:38 PM

  How much does this differ from the version I bought on Leanpub?

• by tasubotadas on 2/8/21, 8:15 PM

  Thanks! Looks interesting - just bought it :)

• by yters on 2/8/21, 4:56 PM

  Is the big underlying motive for LISP its connection with symbolic AI?