Comments on: Learning to Speak with a LISP http://lostechies.com/joshualockwood/2008/08/29/learning-to-speak-with-a-lisp/ Just another LosTechies site Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: David Alpert http://lostechies.com/joshualockwood/2008/08/29/learning-to-speak-with-a-lisp/#comment-75 David Alpert Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:47:26 +0000 /blogs/joshua_lockwood/archive/2008/08/29/learning-to-speak-with-a-lisp.aspx#comment-75 I also studied LISP in a survey of programming languages class back in university. Havn't seen it in years, but the concepts of functional programming, freedom from side-effects, and immutable variables have certainly come in handy - most notably when warping (not a typo) my mind around XSLT. Clearly this LISP and other flavours of functional languages have somewhat to offer in terms of expanding your mind. The more i learn/read/explore .NET architecture best practices, for example, the more i see the side-effect-free principle being expressed in TDD. I also studied LISP in a survey of programming languages class back in university.

Havn’t seen it in years, but the concepts of functional programming, freedom from side-effects, and immutable variables have certainly come in handy – most notably when warping (not a typo) my mind around XSLT.

Clearly this LISP and other flavours of functional languages have somewhat to offer in terms of expanding your mind.

The more i learn/read/explore .NET architecture best practices, for example, the more i see the side-effect-free principle being expressed in TDD.

]]> By: Mark Hoffman http://lostechies.com/joshualockwood/2008/08/29/learning-to-speak-with-a-lisp/#comment-74 Mark Hoffman Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:45:40 +0000 /blogs/joshua_lockwood/archive/2008/08/29/learning-to-speak-with-a-lisp.aspx#comment-74 I've also spent some time trying my hand at LISP to get a better understanding of functional programming. I haven't gotten very far yet, but as a programmer that has spent the majority of his time writing in Microsoft languages, I wanted to expand my horizons and learn some additional languages just to get a broader perspective. Thanks for the reminder that I'm a bit behind in my LISP learning! I’ve also spent some time trying my hand at LISP to get a better understanding of functional programming. I haven’t gotten very far yet, but as a programmer that has spent the majority of his time writing in Microsoft languages, I wanted to expand my horizons and learn some additional languages just to get a broader perspective.

Thanks for the reminder that I’m a bit behind in my LISP learning!

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