> I would appreciate a few concrete examples (very much like [::-1] and 100*100) that would allow me to get what LISP really is about. You mean like (reverse "

> I would appreciate a few concrete examples (very much like [::-1] and 100*100) that would allow me to get what LISP really is about. You mean like (reverse "asd") and (* 10000 10000)? That's not really what gives you an impression of Lisp, rather a bit of syntax ([::-1], the paragon of readability) and large integers. :P This article might help: https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html Also, if you really want to see what it's about you can read SICP: https://xuanji.appspot.com/isicp/ https://xuanji.appspot.com/isicp/ https://github.com/sarabander/sicp https://github.com/sarabander/sicp