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<!Originally converted to HTML using LaTeX2HTML 95 (Thu Jan 19 1995) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds >
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<TITLE> Preface</TITLE>
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<B> Next:</B>
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<A HREF="node2.html"> Lisp Primer</A>
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<B>Up:</B>
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<A HREF="lp.html">Lisp Primer</A>
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<B> Previous:</B>
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<A HREF="lp.html">Lisp Primer</A>
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<H1>Lisp Primer</H1>
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<P><STRONG><a href="http://mypage.iu.edu/~colallen/">Colin Allen</a>
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<a href="mailto:mdhagat@yahoo.com">Maneesh Dhagat</a>
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<P>© 1996-1999</STRONG><P>
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<H1> Preface</H1>
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This text has been written to provide a quick introduction to the
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basic elements of Common Lisp for both experienced and novice
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programmers. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of the
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language for, in our experience, it takes only a little introduction
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before most Lisp programmers are able to turn to Guy L. Steele, Jr.'s,
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<a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/cltl/cltl2.html">
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<em>Common Lisp: The Language</em></a> (2nd Edition, Digital Press, 1990) or to the <a href="http://www.lisp.org/HyperSpec/FrontMatter">ANSI Common Lisp specifications</a>
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for all their reference needs. Readers who have a basic understanding of Lisp and are looking for some A.I. applications may find useful the examples at <a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ml/ml-progs.html">http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ml/ml-progs.html</a>.
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This text has been used successfully with honors undergraduate
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students at <a href="http://www.tamu.edu/">Texas A&M University</a>.
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We now make it available on the World Wide Web in the hope that it
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will provide useful to the Lisp community at large.
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Some parts of this text are incomplete. We have in mind to complete
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those parts if there is enough interest. If you find the text useful,
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please drop us a line. <!--Our idea is to make this text available on the
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same model as shareware software---if you like it please also let us
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know what you think would be a reasonable contribution for its use.-->
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Academic sites are free to mirror the html code provided that these
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conditions are respected:
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<li>This preface and copyright statement are left unchanged.
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<li>The authors are notified by email of the URL of the site where
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<i>Lisp Primer</i> is mirrored.
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<li>Any emendations of the html code are shared with the authors with
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the understanding that they may be incorporated into the master copy.
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If you agree to these conditions, the source code for <i>Lisp
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Primer</i> can be retrieved at
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<a href=http://mypage.iu.edu/~colallen/lp/lphtml.tar.gz>lphtml.tar.gz</a>
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(approx 70K).
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(<a href="relinks.html">List of existing mirror sites</a>)
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<p>
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A <a href="lp.pdf">PDF</a> version of the original version of the Primer is provided for reading convenience, but it has not been maintained and so contains some omissions and errors that have been corrected in the online version.
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<p>
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Colin Allen <<a href="mailto:colallen%40indiana%2eedu">colallen<abbr title=" at ">@</abbr>indiana<abbr title=" dot " class="plain">.</abbr>edu</a>> and Maneesh Dhagat
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<mdhagat@yahoo.com>
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<a href="lp.html">Contents</a>
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<ADDRESS>
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<I>© Colin Allen & Maneesh Dhagat <BR>
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March 2007</I>
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