Reviews for Common LISP: The Language (HP Technologies)

1. A good source in combination with other texts.

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 1999

   Considered outdated by some, this book by Steele helps me in a nurturing capacity for understanding IDL lisp (ICAD Design Language by KTI). When used in combination with books by Graham and others, a good reference work when attempting to find specific keywords and constructs to solve isolated coding problems. It may fall a little short on examples but this is expected due to the original purpose of the text. All in all, a must for your lisp library.

2. This is book is not very good as a reference.

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 1998

   This is an outdated book with too many references to the X3J13 specification and what they voted on in 1989. The book is too verbose and there are very few good examples from which one can learn.