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10 GeoffCant 1 Common Lisp aka ANSI Standard X3J13. A popular [LISP] dialect. Most implementations compile to native code. Very few are purely interpreted or byte compiled.
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3 Get started in Common Lisp with [http://www.unmutual.info/startingwithcl.html].
6 GlynWebster 4
5 Two unique things that make Common Lisp tempting, if you can get over the funny syntax:
6 *__The Common Lisp Object System__. Common Lisp appears to be the only language in common use that has [multiple dispatch | http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_dispatch].
7 *__Macros__: with these you can create and use code generators and custom control structures with little fuss.
7 AristotlePagaltzis 8
9 ''[Perl]6 is stealing them both. :) Although it won't likely be here for a few years yet. In fact multiple dispatch is already possible in [Perl]5, though not available natively - as always, a stroll through [CPAN] is helpful. --AristotlePagaltzis''
6 GlynWebster 10
11 Quote from Paul Graham's little essay ''[What Made Lisp Different | http://www.paulgraham.com/diff.html]'':
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13 ;: ''9. The whole language always available. There is no real distinction between read-time, compile-time, and runtime. You can compile or run code while reading, read or run code while compiling, and read or compile code at runtime.''
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15 ;: ''Running code at read-time lets users reprogram Lisp's syntax; running code at compile-time is the basis of macros; compiling at runtime is the basis of Lisp's use as an extension language in programs like Emacs; and reading at runtime enables programs to communicate using s-expressions, an idea recently reinvented as XML.''
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17 !!Resources
18 * Websites
19 ** [http://www.cliki.net/index] -- Common Lisp [Wiki | WikiWikiWeb]
9 GeoffCant 20 ** [http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm] -- ''The Common Lisp !HyperSpec'' (the entire CL specification)
6 GlynWebster 21 ** [http://www.alu.org/alu/home] -- Association of Lisp Users
8 GeoffCant 22 ** [http://www.common-lisp.net] -- Common Lisp sourceforge analogue
6 GlynWebster 23 * Books
9 GeoffCant 24 ** [http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/] -- Practical Common Lisp. This is a great book for new CommonLispniks.
6 GlynWebster 25 ** [http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html] -- ''On Lisp'' by Paul Graham
26 ** [http://psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/contents.html] -- ''Successful Lisp'' by David Lamkins
27 * Implementations
8 GeoffCant 28 ** Free
29 *** [CMUCL] -- Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp
30 *** [SBCL] -- Steel Bank Common Lisp (favourite lisp compiler of GeoffCant)
31 *** [OpenMCL] -- Free derivative of Macintosh Common Lisp
32 ** Non-Free
33 *** [ACL] -- Franz Allegro Common Lisp
34 *** [LW] -- Xanalys Lisp Works
35 *** [Genera] -- Symbolics Open Genera
36 * Getting Started
10 GeoffCant 37 ** [http://www.unmutual.info/startingwithcl.html]
9 GeoffCant 38 ** Get a recentish copy of [SBCL] or [CMUCL] and CVS [SLIME] (setup as per [http://www.cliki.net/SLIME-HOWTO])
8 GeoffCant 39 ** Do not be fooled into using [ILISP] :)
9 GeoffCant 40 ** Hop on #lisp !
41 ** Start reading [http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/]
6 GlynWebster 42 * IRC
43 ** #lisp on irc.openprojects.net
8 GeoffCant 44 * Usenet
45 ** nntp://comp.lang.lisp

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