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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by jammygit on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:58PM (#20823900)
I did not realize common lisp was still in use and was therefore planning on learning Clojure instead. Which is better to learn then?
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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by billsix on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:36PM (#20824232)
http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html
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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by gilesgate on Friday August 30, 2019 @12:25AM (#20835965)
"On Lisp" is a good book but perhaps too advanced for an introduction, whereas his "ANSI Common Lisp"[0] is better suited to the purpose. Barski's "Land of Lisp" has also received positive feedback.[1]

I'd be interested to see what others consider a suitable general learning path for Lisp.

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/acl.html

[1] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781593272814.do

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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by lispm on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:39PM (#20840727)
The usual starting book is 'Practical Common Lisp' by Peter Seibel. Some advanced stuff then in 'Common Lisp Recipes' by Edi Weitz. Some older advanced stuff with examples: Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming, Cases Studies in Common Lisp (PAIP) by Peter Norvig.
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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by linfocito on Friday August 30, 2019 @10:38AM (#20839030)
I think this "A Road to Common Lisp" is a very good introductory guide

http://stevelosh.com/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp/

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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by eschaton on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:09PM (#20823995)
What made you think it was “no longer in use?” It’s a very big world. Just because something isn’t mentioned regularly in headlines doesn’t mean it’s not out there.
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Re:Running Lisp in Production (2015) by kristianp on Thursday August 29, 2019 @05:19PM (#20833800)
I would imagine Clojure has more use than Lisp. It's a valid question which is better to learn, not one I'm qualified to answer, though. All I would say is that the Clojure community seems more active, and less prickly than the Lisp one.
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