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PAIP, SICP -- seems like if a book has a acronym, then it must be great. Can't come up with more examples though.

Sticking with the Lisp family: LiSP (Lisp in Small Pieces), AMOP (The Art of the Metaobject Protocol). More general: TAOCP (The Art of Computer Programming).

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CLTL2: Common Lisp the Language

CLRS: Introduction to Algorithms, referred to by the authors’ initials

CSP: Communicating Sequential Processes

EOPL: Essentials of Programming Languages

One day I’d love to find a reasonably priced copy of LiSP. It’s the most elusive widely-recommended book I’ve ever come across.

Tbh, I'd just download it and buy it if you find one.

TLS, TRS I've seen abbriviated, for the little,reasoned schemer

I thought about those but I don’t think I’ve seen those abbreviations used to introduce the books, only once a discussion is already started about them.

The CSP abbreviation I gave is also a bit of a stretch. Most people who use it probably mean it for the concepts, not the book itself.

PRML - Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning

TESL - The Elements of Statistical Learning

GoF - Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

PGM - Probabilistic Graphical Models

I'm optimistic about:

SL - Subjective Logic

OL - Optimal Learning

I'd enjoy knowing if anyone else has run across these, and what they might think.

I like calling TESL Elements, as a nice analogy to Euclid.

I've seen TAoCP (The Art of Computer Programming) and TaPL (Types and Programming Languages) used before, and both are definitely great.

CTM - Concepts, Techniques and Models of Computer Programming

AMOP - The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

AIMA - Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach

I haven't read either of these, but certainly want to. I'm a big fan of Lisp, and recently started learning some Haskell, too. (First languages were Basic, Java, C, ...then Python, Common Lisp...) Would you (or anyone else) recommend one over the other first? Why?

I would say SICP since it's an introductory course and explains the concepts using Scheme, not CL.

ESL - Elements of Statistical Learning

Greatness isn't a requirement for acronyms, only long unwieldy titles. The cryptic string of letters being instantly recognizable among geeks, on the other hand...

MTW (Gravitation) is a classic

Taocp, Htdp, Papl, ...

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