Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Resources to learn common lisp? Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:00:55 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <87ecmf8488.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <874inbqdz7.fsf@mariorosell.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:00:56 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0caa3b2dc77c8540f661f290198fc495"; logging-data="802713"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ykYPgjEPMwraGCqB6oUomYrKrbHizj8o=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:09vJPYRaNpd7iQ3Q8G0Grmlynhc= sha1:n3AnFE7dvppoNDhfrzB9QW1wJCM= X-BSB-Auth: 1.ddd1894488cb1a159dcc.20260220220055GMT.87ecmf8488.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.lisp:60743 Mario Rosell writes: > Hello everyone! > > I want to learn Common Lisp, but I don't really know what resources to > use. > > What did you all use to learn? Is that even relevant? I learnt too many years ago to be able to help now, but I can help you clarify what you need to say to get better advice. Do you know *any* programming languages, and if so, which ones? You are likely to benefit from different resources if you know Haskell than if you know only C++. Second, how much experience do you have and does any of that include other flavours of Lisp? If you learnt, for example, Scheme, your path will be very different to someone who didn't. Finally, what do you want learn it for? It might just be for fun or it might be because you have a very specific goal in mind for which someone might have some specific recommendations. > Is this newsgroup active? Well, you and I are here! It has certainly been quiet. -- Ben.