Re:Show HN: A star map creation tool with Common Lisp
by weavie on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:02AM
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Be aware that On Lisp was written before ANSI common lisp was standardised so there are a few areas towards the end (if I recall, in the continuations chapter) that won't work as written.
I would highly recommend On Lisp once you have gotten the syntax down. I ordered a printed copy of the PDF (legal since PG released it) and have been working through it. On Lisp won’t show you things that are easily done in other languages; its goal is to teach the power of CL. Certainly by the time you’re done you’d be comfortable with many types of macros, closures, the REPL-based workflow, and other strengths if CL, able to find more about how one uses it in practice without much trouble.