I'm going with Common Lisp as my first language: https://oneofus.la/have-emacs-will-hack/2011-10-30-common-lisp-is-the-best-language-to-learn-programming.html

I'm going with Common Lisp as my first language: https://oneofus.la/have-emacs-will-hack/2011-10-30-common-lisp-is-the-best-language-to-learn-programming.html https://oneofus.la/have-emacs-will-hack/2011-10-30-common-li... Based on what others have said, I figure it'll give me an edge when learning other languages. (but I'll also work through SICP) I also ordered a copy of Brian P. Hogan's Exercises for Programmers: https://pragprog.com/book/bhwb/exercises-for-programmers https://pragprog.com/book/bhwb/exercises-for-programmers