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Re:Starting with Lisp: A collection of beginner pointers by shanked on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:06AM (#2008555)
Well, I had an idea for a web application that I'd otherwise create in Python. I figured I'd use Lisp to get some experience using it (also, my AI class next semester uses Lisp).

While it will probably cause some additional hurdles of complexity (such as figuring how how to use ASDF and manage packages), I find it is hard to motivate myself without a shiny carrot in front of me. The web application is something that I would use and want to build, whereas writing a simple and purely educational program doesn't provide the same kind of motivation.

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Re:Starting with Lisp: A collection of beginner pointers by blue1 on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:14AM (#2008589)
If you can handle, go for it! But if after a while you'll think that lisp is not so different from the other languages after all, it's probably because you tried to learn too many things at once. In that case, persist. :-)
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