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Re-reading *Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation". I believe I dismissed it too early in my first attempt as "too beginner-ish".

However, after working my way through it I realize that I might have misunderstood Common Lisp all along, especially the "Symbolic" part of it. 😀

I have a printed copy of the revised edition, but the original edition is available for free as a download:

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/

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Like 1 30 May 2023 at 7:58 | Open on emacs.ch

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William A. Ferguson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Still trying to wrap my head around that.

30 May 2023 at 7:59 | Open on genderheretics.xyz

Dekkzz

@louis

funny, i'm reading the ps version at the moment

30 May 2023 at 8:10 | Open on emacs.ch

bitzero

@louis The first time I read that book, I got lost in the first chapters about lists, lists, lists. If you’re new to Lisp, surviving that part is the real trick.

Then things get more interesting and, after a while, the first part gets a wider sense.

30 May 2023 at 8:27 | Open on fosstodon.org