There are other good Lisp dialects too, of course, but Scheme tends to be especially well-suited for learning the concepts of Lisp (or of computer science more

There are other good Lisp dialects too, of course, but Scheme tends to be especially well-suited for learning the concepts of Lisp (or of computer science more generally), and has numerous good books towards that end. Also, oops on a typo that I can't fix in my previous post now: The Little Schemer.