Re: Mathematica and Lisp
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- Subject: [mg129428] Re: Mathematica and Lisp
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:52:10 -0500 (EST)
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To say that one can better master Mathematica by learning Lisp seems as far-fetched to me as saying that to master writing English one should learn Old High German. Better spend you time on learning Mathematica itself. The available resources are abundant -- indeed, even overwhelmingly so . Take a look, e.g., at the resources listed at: http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/18/where-can-i-find-examples-of-good-mathematica-programming-practice Of course if you have other reasons for (re)learning Lisp, that's a different matter. On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:24 PM, amzoti <amzoti at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > It is clear the Mathematica uses Lisp as one of the example programming paradigms it pulls from and I have a general question regarding this. > > Many moons ago I took a Lisp class and was awful at it (Lisp was very new), but through Mathematica, have to come to understand the gat power and utility of it. > > Would it be helpful to learn Lisp in order to improve programming skills in Mathematica? > > If so, what Lisp books would you recommend? > > What variant of Lisp would you recommend using for practice - Common Lisp, Scheme, or Clojure? Would Mathematica itself be a better choice (I am not sure if it supports all the Lisp language constructs and such). > > What about Haskell? > > Any insights and guidance are appreciated. --- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 5 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Mathematica and Lisp