Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cogsci.berkeley.edu!ehl From: ehl@cogsci.berkeley.edu (Edward H. Lay) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Lexical .vs. dynamic scoping Message-ID: <16846@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 21:29:03 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16846 Posted: Tue Jan 13 21:29:03 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 05:36:40 EST References: <182@wang7.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: ehl@cogsci.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Edward H. Lay) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 In article <182@wang7.UUCP> guest@wang7.UUCP (guest account) writes: >Could anyone tell me the names of a few books which describe the different >scoping methods in LISP somewhat more thoroughly than Winston & Horn? Digital Press, the publishers of the Common Lisp standard reference manual has also come out with an excellent introduction to Common Lisp by Deborah Tatar entitled "A Programmer's Guide to Common Lisp." If you're interested in the latest ideas in lexical scoping, try the detailed book on the implementation and use of Scheme -- "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" by Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman, from MIT Press.