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0 pointsstevedonovan8y ago0 comments

Cf. Paul Graham's 'secret weapon' essay.

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Wow, looks like he concluded exactly what I concluded. Cool essay. I'm into Python but I may give Lisp a whack some day.

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

sahil-kang8y ago

You might consider starting off with this classic: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

I should point out, though, SICP uses the Scheme dialect of Lisp. If you’re interested in Common Lisp, then maybe try: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

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SlowBro8y ago

Wow, looks like he concluded exactly what I concluded. Cool essay. I'm into Python but I may give Lisp a whack some day.

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

sahil-kang8y ago

You might consider starting off with this classic: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

I should point out, though, SICP uses the Scheme dialect of Lisp. If you’re interested in Common Lisp, then maybe try: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

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