Wow. The response on here has been amazing---yes, the criticism too. I was really shocked last night with the spike in traffic from Reddit, but I had no idea w

Wow. The response on here has been amazing---yes, the criticism too. I was really shocked last night with the spike in traffic from Reddit, but I had no idea what to make of getting to the front page of Hacker News. TBH, I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed about the whole thing. Just to put my two cents in, as a general reply to a lot of comments here... this is a very, very early draft in progress, and I didn't expect anyone to pay attention to this project, let alone post it everywhere. It needs a lot of work, particularly in toning down the Lisp Evangelism, and staying true to the methodology without accidentally parroting Zed Shaw's voice. Zed Shaw: it means a lot to me to get your perspective here. Yes, you and your series ultra-inspired me. I've wanted to write a book on Lisp for a long time, but it wasn't until I was pointed to your series that I felt like I could give Lisp the perspective it was missing. I'll make a point of editing the Preface more carefully---everything that's up there so far, I wrote off the top of my head with very little editing, so I guess in following your method and format I accidentally used some of your words as well. Thanks everyone!