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Lisp from Nothing, Second Edition

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366 points nils-m-holm | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 09:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.373s | source
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AnonC ◴[30 Aug 25 04:28 UTC] No.45071926[source]▶
Under “The Intended Audience” (page 10 of the PDF sample on the site), it says that this is not an introduction to LISP and that it would be more enjoyable with some prerequisites.

Where does one — who has no knowledge of these prerequisites or about LISP (except that the latter has been heard in programming circles as something esoteric, extremely powerful, etc.) — start, before reading this book?

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chrsw ◴[30 Aug 25 04:43 UTC] No.45071961[source]▶
There's ANSI Common Lisp by Paul Graham. I've never read it and I'm not sure it's the best introduction but thumbing through it I don't see how you can get any more basic than that.
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1. AnonC ◴[30 Aug 25 14:19 UTC] No.45074906[source]▶
Thanks for the recommendation. I appreciate it. I’ve heard about this book before, but never read it.