i totally don't agree with that. Clojure enforces a much more functional style "by default" than any other lisp i know of (not that i am a vet lisper). I for o

i totally don't agree with that. Clojure enforces a much more functional style "by default" than any other lisp i know of (not that i am a vet lisper). I for once understood lisp with clojure and scheme 1 year ago. Now i can do Common lisp, but playing with clojure was much more enlightening. If you ask me why, i'd say that it's a mix between good timing (i had been reading about lisp since a lot of time) and the fact that it's motivating to learn on a new platform with access to a ton of libraries. My advice though : Don't start with common lisp. Most of the ressources for learning it are really unclear (PCL included) Start with Scheme (lots of good newbie-oriented ressources), and then switch to clojure once you grasped the basics.