Let Over Lambda
Let Over Lambda by Doug Hoyteby Doug Hoyte
Shares rank 38 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended for its advanced coverage of Lisp macros, including unhygienic macro techniques and patterns that readers find useful beyond Lisp. The book is free to read online as a PDF.
Recommended for its advanced coverage of Lisp macros, including unhygienic macro techniques and patterns that readers find useful beyond Lisp. The book is free to read online as a PDF.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Advanced Lisp macro coverage
“In this book authors shows the great possibilities that unhygienic macro system gives.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Let Over Lambda is free online to read as pdf” “It's a wonderful tour of advanced macro concepts.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Lisp moving Forth moving Lisp” Enjoyable and entertaining to read
“For an amusing read on this subject, see Chapter 5 of Let Over Lambda”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Authorization terminology is a mess: Let's fix it” “I enjoyed books On Lisp and Let Over Lambda”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “A Road to Lisp: Why Lisp”
Other programming books people recommend
The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Let Over Lambdaby Doug HoyteThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For an amusing read on this subject, see Chapter 5 of Let Over Lambda”
“In this book authors shows the great possibilities that unhygienic macro system gives.”
“the patterns in Let over Lambda translate cleanly to Julia”
“It's a wonderful tour of advanced macro concepts.”
“I enjoyed books On Lisp and Let Over Lambda”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.