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From: steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Resources to learn common lisp?
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Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> writes:

> Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Sadly we've also ended up with programmers who think the machines
>>>> they program for are giant PDP-11s, and as a result machines which
>>>> spend a huge amount of effort pretending to be giant PDP-11s.
>>>>
>>>> It's all a tragedy.
>>
>> The tragedy is not using Common Lisp for everything.
>
> I loved this bit and I have a feeling you're correct.  My little
> experience with Common Lisp is that it allows me to write the equivalent
> fast code that I'd write in C, where speed matters.  In other words, I
> seem to gain nothing (other than more work) by writing typical
> applications in C.


Wait until you read LISP:Lisp In Small Pieces. it's published in france.