lisp-notes

I find functional programming reasonably straightforward to learn but difficult to master. For example, this Common Lisp cheat sheets covers a large part of the language and isnt hard to follow https://github.com/ashok-khanna/lisp-notes I was doing some Haskell and Racket and I found basics not too hard to learn, but I did then too hard to master, but I think thats to do more with the complexities of the problems I tried to solve and less to do with the languages themselves

For those who want to try out a quote unquote weird language, here is a cheat sheet I found helpful for Lisp: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/lisp-notes

For learning Common Lisp, I highly recommend https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example

https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example/blob/... Formatting queries like this is not a good idea at all. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection

Org mode rocks :) Yes I would do that approach in most instances, what Medium brings to the table is SEO rankings and an audience. I know that Medium gets a bad rap for poor quality developer blogs, but honestly I love the writing experience - apart from syntax highlighting - it lets me churn out 2000 word posts with pleasure. But maybe it just suits me well. I usually create a pdf or free summary and host on GitHub if my blog post is good enough to add long term value to the community. Eg: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example There doesn’t seem to be a Medium equivalent for programming blogs? I would drool over having the style of raywenderlich.com for non iOS / Swift blogs

The example you shared is also very well done. However in defense of the main book of this thread - the style of its formatting I think is well suited for web developers and the like, having less information on the page makes the problem a bit less daunting for beginner readers. It also increases the page count, which is a good marketing strategy for the publisher. I think most ebooks in general, particularly in web dev space, are void of quality content; so while I completely understand and see your perspective, I think in the context of what is out there, this book is a good effort. I personally would also write a more condensed guide (actually I did :D see here: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example), but that’s just you and me having similar style choices :) I need to copy that springer style, it’s beautiful too!

I prefer the syntax of CL over Scheme, but the latter is definitely a wonderful language and goes hand in hand with the wizard book, SICP. At the end of the day, language choice, much like choice of editors or mechanical keyboards, is not that important — what is important is actually coding and building useful software. This can be done in any language, although I do not want to sound ignorant, as certain languages are better suited for certain tasks (eg swift for iOS dev). As a Mac/Windows user, I’d be keen to know how popular Guile is for GNU Projects? For those who want to learn Common Lisp quickly, this is a great guide: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example

Try this guide - it’s quite a good and concise introduction and will get you coding quickly. It can be read alongside a textbook: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example (Disclaimer: I’m the compiler of this guide)

Lisp is amazing. John McCarthy played an amazing role, but there were others too - eg Alonzo Church and the guys that later made Lisp what it is (Common Lisp), with a significant extra set of features including lexical scope. For those who want to learn it - check out this short guide. Highly recommended language!: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example

For those who have heard about Lisp but never "fully jumped in", take a chance today. You just have to read 52 pages and hopefully you will walk away a lisper for life :) I love lisp and hope you will too. Give it a chance! If you like this guide, please star the repo: https://github.com/ashok-khanna/common-lisp-by-example