Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition

Common Lisp the Language, 2nd edition
by Guy L. Steele, Thinking Machines, Inc.
Digital Press
1990 paperbound
1029 pages
ISBN 1-55558-041-6

In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you'll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication - and find out about gray areas likely to be revised later. Written by the Vice-Chairman of X3J13 (the ANSI committee responsible for the standardization of Common Lisp) and co-developer of the language itself, the new edition contains the entire text of the first edition plus six completely new chapters. They cover:

* CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System, with new features to support function overloading and object-oriented programming, plus complete technical specifications
* Loops, a powerful control structure for multiple variables
* Conditions, a generalization of the error signaling mechanism
* Series and generators
* Plus other subjects not part of the ANSI standards but of interest to professional programmers.

Throughout, you'll find fresh examples, additional clarifications, warnings, and tips - all presented with the author's customary vigor and wit.

Book URL:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/cltl2.html