I learned Common Lisp last summer. I had been using some combination of Python, C++, C, and Java for about 8 years, and I wanted to break out of my popular language box. I was more or less attracted to the “data as code” idea, but really it had a bunch of selling points that [...]
Quick-Links for the TL;DR Crowd
About Lisp: Describes Lisp as an overview.
High Level Overview: Describes in general what is needed to program with Lisp.
All you need
SBCL
Emacs
SLIME
asdf-install
Code examples: A few rudimentary Lisp snippets.
Other Lisp Features: Features that I did not feel like explaining
Resources
About Lisp
Note: For a complete introduction, I recommend this e-book. If you only want [...]
I am a mild-mannered C#/C++ programmer by day, and I have been learning Lisp in my spare time. Comparatively speaking, I do not spend much time programming for personal projects (only an hour or two a day), but I noticed something awesome recently:
Lisp is influencing the way I write C++ in a few different ways.
To [...]
