Table of Contents

1. The Extensible Language. 2. Functions. 3. Functional Programming. 4. Utility Functions. 5. Returning Functions. 6. Functions as Representation. 7. Macros. 8. When to Use Macros. 9. Variable Capture. 10. Other Macro Pitfalls. 11. Classic Macros. 12. Generalized Variables. 13. Computation at Compile-Time. 14. Anaphoric Macros. 15. Macros Returning Functions. 16. Macro-Defining Macros. 17. Read Macros. 18. Destructuring. 19. A Query Compiler. 20. Continuations. 21. Multiple Processes. 22. Nondeterminism. 23. Parsing with ATNs. 24. Prolog. 25. Object-Oriented Lisp. Appendix: Packages. Notes. Index.