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Lisp was my favorite prototype language… I could write programs 10x faster in Lisp. Lisp also made me a better programmer and taught me the superiority of funct
by waynecochran 4y ago
Lisp was my favorite prototype language… I could write programs 10x faster in Lisp. Lisp also made me a better programmer and taught me the superiority of functional programming.
- boppo1 4y agoHow did you learn Lisp? I'm a newbie programmer* and started with SICP but found the exercises too challenging and switched to K&R and Stroustrup. *many years writing python spaghetti to accomplish personal tasks, just now trying to build an employable foundation..
- mbustamanter 4y agoI just started reading SICP yesterday after being convinced by PG's essays [0] and I would suggest just looking at the solutions, since the first chapter relies heavily on number theory concepts, and the authors say they take that choice because it makes introduction to more abstract ideas easier (as a math grad student I'm already on page 110). I personally think that to someone without a background in higher arithmetic it would be a bit boring, so I repeat that it wouldn't hurt to look at some solutions to get a feel to it [1]. The book is MIND-BLOWING and after years of C++ and Python I'm really excited of what I will find in the next chapers. [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html (referenced in the top link blog post) [1] http://community.schemewiki.org/?SICP-Solutions http://community.schemewiki.org/?SICP-Solutions