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My standard recommendation: begin with the SICP videos, which you can find at http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ http://gro

My standard recommendation: begin with the SICP videos, which you can find at http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma... I can't think of a more effective way to invest 20 hours.

fp 18y ago
Absolutely! But although SICP teaches you a great deal about Lisp techniques, it doesn't teach Common Lisp. Abelson and Sussman use Scheme. If you are aware of the differences, it should be no problem, though. This has been written 10k times here: The video lectures are great, the book is great (It's also free on the internet)! If you don't depend on Common Lisp, this is probably the best Lisp (and programming in genereal) introduction out there. As a follow-up, Paul Graham's "On Lisp" is a great choice.
- cstejerean 18y ago
  If you can find a copy of On Lisp (I know it's available online but I just can't read books online).
  - fp 18y ago
    Yes, the price on Amazon is just insane. I printed the pdf, which worked quite well.
spoulson 18y ago
Thanks for the MIT videos link!