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-Common Lisp aka ANSI Standard X3J13. A popular [LISP] dialect.
+Common Lisp aka ANSI Standard X3J13. A popular [LISP] dialect. Most implementations can and default to compiling to native code. Very few are purely interpreted or byte compiled
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Two unique things that make Common Lisp tempting, if you can get over the funny syntax:
*__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].
*__Macros__: with these you can create and use code generators and custom control structures with little fuss.
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;: ''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.''
!!Resources
* Websites
-** [http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm] -- ''The Common Lisp !HyperSpec'' (the entire CL specification)
** [http://www.cliki.net/index] -- Common Lisp [Wiki | WikiWikiWeb]
+** [http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm] -- ''The Common Lisp !HyperSpec'' (the entire CL specification)
** [http://www.alu.org/alu/home] -- Association of Lisp Users
+** [http://www.common-lisp.net] -- Common Lisp sourceforge analogue
* Books
+** [http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/] -- Practical Common Lisp. This is a great book for new CommonLispniks.
** [http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html] -- ''On Lisp'' by Paul Graham
** [http://psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/contents.html] -- ''Successful Lisp'' by David Lamkins
* Implementations
-** [CMUCL] -- Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp
+** Free
+*
** [CMUCL] -- Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp
+*** [SBCL] -- Steel Bank Common Lisp (favourite lisp compiler of GeoffCant)
+*** [OpenMCL] -- Free derivative of Macintosh Common Lisp
+** Non-Free
+*** [ACL] -- Franz Allegro Common Lisp
+*** [LW] -- Xanalys Lisp Works
+*** [Genera] -- Symbolics Open Genera
+* Getting Started
+** [http://www.cliki.net/Getting%20Started]
+** Get a recentish copy of [SBCL] or [CMUCL] and CVS [SLIME] (setup as per [http://www.cliki.net/SLIME-HOWTO])
+** Do not be fooled into using [ILISP] :)
+** Hop on #lisp !
+** Start reading [http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/]
* IRC
** #lisp on irc.openprojects.net
+* Usenet
+** nntp://comp.lang.lisp
