Practical Common Lisp
Peter Seibel
16 people recommended it in 10 threads, 2009–2023.
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Peter Seibel's Practical Common Lisp (http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/) is a must-read: it explains a little of why Lisp is so relevant for modern development.
Not only is the book free to read (although I would suggest to pay for it if you like it!) The code to parse binary files actually "inspired" my design of an actual production application which was very flexible, succinct and, most importantly, so fast I had to spend a lot of effort convincing people the numbers are actually true.
Peter Seibel's Practical Common Lisp, available not as an e-book but as a website, at http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
You will create a MP3 database, a web server, a spam filter, a HTML generator. Really practical!
Also with so little actual code. This cemented my interest for Common Lisp at the time I was reading it.
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