Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

11.0. "Advanced LISP Course" by LARVAE::TURNER (Mark Turner) Fri Jul 08 1988 11:14

The AI Training Group in the U.S. is considering an Advanced LISP course,
as the message below describes.

If anyone feels that this course would be useful in their country, could
you please send mail (to SPYDER::TURNER) or post a reply to this NOTE?
I'll then collect any responses and send them to the U.S.


						Regards,


						Mark

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From:	ISTG::EXPERT::JNELSON "Careful with that VAX, Eugene  07-Jul-1988 1245"  7-JUL-1988 20:51
To:	@[.DIS]ISTG.DIS
Subj:	Advanced Lisp Questionnaire



Because of budgeting constraints, we are in the process of reassesing the
proposed courses for the next fiscal year. We would like to ask you a few
questions regarding the Advanced Lisp course, which is scheduled to be offered
the week of November 14th, by David Touretzky, at DLB12.

We are attachinig the course description to this questionaire for your
information.

1) What is the value to you, or your group, in having ISTT provide a course
   in Advanced Lisp?

2) Would you, or somebody in your group, attend the pilot course being offered
   in November (by D. Touretzky)?

3) Is there a project in your group that would benefit from this particular
   course. If so, please briefly describe the benefits.
   

Please reply no later than Monday, July 25th, to Janice Heller at EXPERT::Heller

Thank you very much for your time and valuable input.


	Janice Heller
	Enrique Alvarez
	July 8th, 1988.








	June, 1988


				Course Description



	COURSE: 	ADVANCED LISP

	DESCRIPTION:  	This course concentrates on the advanced features
			Of the Common Lisp Language, many of which are not
			adequately treated in existing textbooks.  The topics
			covered include lexical versus dynamic scoping,
			closures, the type system, the package system, modules,
			and compiler directives.  Special emphasis is devoted
			to understanding efficiency issues by studying various
			Lisp imp[lementation techniques, e.g., deep vs. shallow
			binding, immediate objects, and CDR coding.  The
			advantages and drawbacks to specialized tagged pointer
			architectures will be discussed.  The course does not
			cover topics such as the PCL/CLOS object system or the
			interface and the X window system, which are not yet
			part of the Common Lisp Standard.

	GOALS:  	The Advanced Lisp course enables the participants to:

			o Become familiar with the state-of-the-art in advanced
			  Common Lisp programming techniques.

			o Learn how to exploit knowledge of machine architecture
			  and compiler characteristics to obtain optimal program
			  performance in a given LISP implementation.


	LENGTH/FORMAT: 	Five days, Lecture/Lab


	PRESENTERS:  	Dr. David Touretzky, Research Scientist, Carniegie
			Mellon University

	PRE-REQUISITES: Participants should have an introductory Common Lisp
			Course and have had experience coding in LISP.