Oh please do _not_ do that :) Sugar is just a toy. Don't learn it. Maybe you can learn something about common lisp from reading the sugar compiler source code.

Oh please do _not_ do that :) Sugar is just a toy. Don't learn it. Maybe you can learn something about common lisp from reading the sugar compiler source code. I agree with TurboHaskal. I too, learned Scheme first and liked it cos it was simpler/purer etc. than Common Lisp. When I finally learned Common Lisp, my only regret was that I hadn't learned it earlier. Common Lisp is not perfect, but it has a single standard. Very important. It's very mature and battle tested. The people who you'll meet in the Common Lisp community are very smart and capable and you will learn a lot from them. I did. Learning Scheme won't hurt but I recommend Common Lisp. Great, free compilers, lots of libraries for everything and a great community. But please, do not learn sugar :)