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I know what you mean and I think that feeling comes from a difference between lisp the language (learn in a matter of hours) and lisp the ecosystem (takes much
by gagege 8y ago
I know what you mean and I think that feeling comes from a difference between lisp the language (learn in a matter of hours) and lisp the ecosystem (takes much longer to get confident with). And, you really need to learn both, unless you have time to make everything from scratch.
- bunderbunder 8y agoWell, you need to learn both if you're going to make a career of working in Lisp. But even if that isn't in the cards (and it isn't for most of us, for all sorts of reasons), there's still a whole lot of value in learning the language enough to go through and make a few things from scratch. I tend to agree with ESR on the subject: "LISP is worth learning for a different reason — the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot." (http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html)
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