Topic: any good place to learn lisp?

[chrisdarmanin]

i tried afralisp.net but didn't get far...

[jonesy]

You'll find the people here very helpful and knowledgable.
I'm sure one of the gurus will be here shortly to offer advice and guidance

[chrisdarmanin]

i was hoping someone could refer me to a good tutorial site where i could follow the tutorial and ask questions... 

[CAB]

Good morning and welcome to TheSwamp.

Some questions to determine where to start.
Have you learned to use the VLIDE editor & debugging too that comes with AutoCAD?

Can you Load & Run a lisp?

Can you comment the lines in this lisp?

Code: [Select]

(defun c:Test ()
  (command "Line" pause pause "")
  (princ)
)

[CAB]

Another cool site for programing information is this:
http://www.autocode.com/autolisp.html

When you get a few minutes read this, just an FYI.
http://www.autocode.com/lisp/style1.htm

If you are very new to using LISP files read this:
http://www.autocode.com/lisp/lispnew.html

I like afralisp.net but there is no conversation so someone here would be more than happy to guide you
in the learning process. Our tendency is to push you along faster than you can absorb the information.
When it gets too fast just say so and we'll slow down.

I've found to best way for me at least is to take a small project and go through it step by step.
Then build on that project.

Have you read this http://afralisp.net/lispa/lisp.htm and this http://afralisp.net/lispa/lisp16.htm

Those do a good job of showing you the basics.
Is there one of those exercises you would like to expand on?

[JohnK]

By far the best:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
Not exactly `Autolisp' but very close because Autolisp was from a derivative of the language in that book. So up till a point everything applies, but once you reach that point --when things start diverging-- you will know what you are doing way beyond that of a normal Autolisp user.

Before i found that book, i myself used Afralisp, and any code i could get my hands on. However, my recommendation is to read that book i posted, at least the first four chapters (should take you about 2 months) and after that you can start coding at a lightning pace.

[architecture68-raff]

By far the best:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html

Wow, I'd never seen that one before.  Very interesting looking - thanks for the link Se7en.

I found this site to be a helpful resource
http://klobouk.fsv.cvut.cz/~chour/Lisp/Contents.htm

[deegeecees]

"The Garden Path" is the added tutorial that has come with AutoCad for years. Could be useful in addition to all the others.

[Willie]

This is not as good as the links allready mentioned.

Have a look at the archived APT courses on the augi website. (www.augi.com)  I think you have to register to have access to courses.

[Chuck Gabriel]

Maybe this:

http://www.steinvb.net/vldb/

[Mark]

You can find some good info here too.
http://www.theswamp.org/~stig/

[deegeecees]

The only link that is still active on that page is the one for theSwamp.


   Nothing to see here, please move along

[jonesy]

But Deeg theres a 3 page primer to help get him started, plus other pages that give plenty of information

[deegeecees]

But Deeg theres a 3 page primer to help get him started, plus other pages that give plenty of information

The link to that primer doesn't work for me. And the other links are still there, just not in their original intended form (save for theSwamp).


   *cough*

[jonesy]

Does yours have the links down the left hand side?
They still work fine on my computer