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Is there a way to formulate the fascination of Lisp in a more beautiful way than George Boole did: "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

"One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented."
(Douglas Hofstadter)

Graphically playing around with Lisp code sniplets, by Bernd Klein

"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot." (Eric Raymond in "How to Become a Hacker")

All our courses are made-to-measure your expectations and are conveniently scheduled and delivered at Lake Constance, where Austria, Switzerland and Germany meet. On-site training at the location of your choice is no problem. We offer in-house training courses all over Europe, especially in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands and England and the UK. Covering cities like Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbrücken, Zürich, Bern, Basel, Luzern, Bregenz, Strasbourg, Paris, Rhome, Amsterdam and London.

Lisp Course for Beginners

Lisp is a programming language with a long history - it's actually one of the oldest languages - and the reputation of being very sophisticated. A rep accompanied by the anxiety that it is hard to learn, too hard some think. This is a course that simplifies the study of Lisp. Lisp the easy way!

Target Group:
Participants should have experience with at least one other programming or scripting language.

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Content:
Lisp is an old language. Actually, it is the second oldest of those programming languages which are still widespread use nowadays, only Fortran is older.
But Lisp is still a modern language: With implementations like sbcl and closure (for Java) it is possible to design and create modern applications that are as fast as any other programming language, even C.

There is a huge library available for Lisp, especially if you are using Common-Lisp.
Another advantage of Lisp is that is is multi-paradigm. Unlike Java the user is not forced to write Object Oriented Code.

History and idea of Lisp
Lisp dialects
A first start
Atoms
Lists
Lisp Functions
List Functions
Compiling Code
Editing Lisp Files
Basic I/O
Formatted Output
Predicates
Sequential Execution
Conditionals
Macros
Operators
A Lot about Loops and Looping
Debugger and Debugging
Mapping Functions
Tree Functions
Destructive and nondestructive Functions
The Art of Copying Lists

Is there a way to formulate the fascination of Lisp in a more beautiful way than George Boole did: "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."

Dates:

From Mon, 28th May, 2012 until Fri, 1st Jun, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 11th Jun, 2012 until Fri, 15th Jun, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 9th Jul, 2012 until Fri, 13th Jul, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 20th Aug, 2012 until Fri, 24th Aug, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 10th Sep, 2012 until Fri, 14th Sep, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 15th Oct, 2012 until Fri, 19th Oct, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 12th Nov, 2012 until Fri, 16th Nov, 2012 (5 days)
From Mon, 10th Dec, 2012 until Fri, 14th Dec, 2012 (5 days)

Duration of the course:
5 days

The fees for this course:
439,- € per day (exclusive of VAT)
(The total amount includes 339,- € for the course and 100,- € for board and lodging)

Attention:

The price comprises:

Handouts,
a Lisp book
board and lodgings in a beautiful 4-star hotel right on the shores of Lake Constance