Chunky Bacon in the Land of Lisp

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by QuarkSpark • 14 years ago

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I am a rubyist who has wanted to learn lisp. However, the plethora of lisps has made this choice difficult with people advising to start with one lisp (scheme, iirc) and then move over to lisp.

Could you tell me which lisp you are using? IIRC, there's SBCL and various others. Thanks for putting down the resources you are reading. Have you considered clojure or other alternatives? How did you decide on CL ?

nonrecursive2• 14 years ago

I started with CL because I started learning lisp through the excellent book "Land of Lisp". However, I've since moved to Clojure, which I would recommend over CL. The main reason is that you can do more with Clojure. The packaging system is a lot easier to deal with, and you have a lot more at your disposal through your access to Java libraries. Another good reason is that Clojure is just more pleasant to deal with than CL. For example, there are many CL implementations and dealing with their differences is a pain in the ass. With Clojure, you have a lot more good ideas baked right into the language.

I hope this helps!

crazydiamond2• 14 years ago

Thanks, I have a Java background, so that should help. However, from what I recall many of the articles on learning Clojure recommended learning Lisp/Scheme first. Do you agree?

Also, they strongly recommended learning Emacs (I have been a Vim'mer for about 20 years, and I like keeping my Vim simple with only a few plugins).

Does one just jump into Clojure or how do you recommend it? If lisp/scheme first, then which one? Thx.

Chunky Bacon in the Land of Lisp

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