[notabel]

"Hackers and Painters" had an immense impact on me a couple of years ago. Like pg, I multiplex art and hackery (I suck at painting though--sculpture, printmaking, and theatrical design are my areas), so to read a book that validated and supported that duality was to find a good bit of clarity regarding my course in life. I still go back to H&P every few months, when I get worried about such things.

Just yesterday I started reading "Founders at Work", and from what I've gotten through, it's going to be great. More on that later, if this thread last.

[python_kiss]

Has anyone read "ANSI Common Lisp" by pg, yet? The painting on the front cover is actually by Paul :)

http://images.pearsoned-ema.com/jpeg/large/9780133708752.jpg

[aristus]

Sure -- it's what got me into Lisp hackery after I had plateaued on other languages. This led to Emacs and then RSI, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad. :)