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(Source and copyright: "Learning lisp" - The old Joel on Software Forum)

Developing Lisp code on a free software platform is no mean feat, and documentation, though available, is dispersed and often too concise for users new to Lisp. In the second part of an accessible guide to this flexible language, self-confessed Lisp newbie Martin Howse assesses practical issues and implementations under GNU/Linux.

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With a hip, burgeoning free software community currently pushing Lisp, arguably the oldest programming language in common use, to the fore as next generation coding platform, self-confessed Lisp newbie, Martin Howse, presents the first part of an accessible guide to the culture of this flexible language, and practical implementations under GNU/Linux.

(Source and copyright: http://1010.co.uk/lambda.html)

(Source and copyright: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/86cf454beb8a42f9)

Here are a few things that triggered major Aha! moments for me, in no particular order.

(Source and copyright: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/a12b2503c989761a/c5318848c215296f#c5318848c215296f)

Lisp has a specific world view which makes it less compatible with the current outside world.

Let me list a few.

(Source and copyright: Rainer Joswig - http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/9066f18de540e235)