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Re:Learn C and build your own Lisp by groovy2shoes on Friday April 04, 2014 @02:32PM (#7533374)
> In fact, C is marvelous in its simplicity and is an excellent candidate for it.

While I don't disagree with your comment, I'd like to point out that the Oberon language (used in pjmlp's suggested book) is even simpler than C. It's worth checking out if you value simplicity in your programming languages.

http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/Oberon/Oberon07.Report...

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Re:Learn C and build your own Lisp by iiiears on Sunday April 06, 2014 @03:40AM (#7540171)
@OrangeDuck - Just wanted to thank you. Your style is clear and ideas progress easily from the first chapter onward.

The links offered in this thread are wonderful, The University links are impressive. HN is a tuition free education.

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