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Nov 18, 2009 free online book let over lambda is one of the most hardcore computer programming books out there. May the lisp be with you andrew kqb easton nerd2nerd. Even in hoyte s book, most of the intentional use of lexical capture centers around macros having free variables in their expansions with the expectation that those macros would be expanded inside other macros that would provide bindings for those free variables. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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