> I'd expected something more elegant. Common Lisp is sort of the union of all dialects of Lisp, and some might say of all possible programming language paradi

> I'd expected something more elegant. Common Lisp is sort of the union of all dialects of Lisp, and some might say of all possible programming language paradigms. Scheme is more like the intersection of dialects, and is thus closer to the platonic ideal of Lisp. If you've never seen any dialect of Lisp before, Scheme may be a better introduction to the flavor as it's much easier to learn.