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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Video Lectures.

Scheme

Planet Lisp. Lisp books. Starting with Lisp. When I started to learn Lisp, I was baffled by the lack of a single common guide which could point me to the documents and books to read.

Starting with Lisp

I must admit however, my search-fu skills were very poor. However since I'm still on the fairly early stages of learning the vast world of Lisp, I decided to jot this down in case someone benefits from it. Its fairly opinionated, but hopefully would serve the reader as at the very least, a bunch of pointers. Background It is a good idea to understand why Lisp is so revered among the old (and new) wizards and I think a great explanation is the essay -> The Nature of Lisp. It really made me get the principle behind S-expressions.

Common Lisp

Clojure.