Perl users should check out Higher-Order Perl

Weblog:		More Lisp—For Free
Subject:		Perl users should check out Higher-Order Perl
Date:		2005-11-30 11:21:32
From:		Reedo

Higher-Order Perl is a book about how to do LISPy techniques in Perl. It provides lots of example Perl code that accomplishes real tasks. I don't know that it would be any substitute for learning true LISP or Scheme, but it does throw fuel on the fire for people like Graham who insist that mainstream languages are edging toward where LISP has been all along...

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Perl users should check out Higher-Order Perl
2005-12-01 07:42:50 Christopher Roach | [Reply | View]

I definitely agree with your last comment about Graham. I'm finding that, as I learn more about Lisp (a language that has hardly changed in the past 20 years), I notice that many of the features that I love about languages such as Python and Ruby have always been there in Lisp. I am definitely seeing a convergence of most modern languages on Lisp and I believe this trend will continue with future versions of the languages I love as well as with the next generation of programming languages.

By the way, thanks for pointing out the book, I looked it up on the web and it looks pretty interesting--perhaps some reading for me after I finish the SICP classes. If anyone else is interested in the Higer-Order Perl book, the link below will take you to its website:

Higher-Order Perl (http://hop.perl.plover.com/)

Thanks for the comment.

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