The more I learn Common Lisp, the more I enjoy javascript... Makes me want to shout "who needs static typing! I am the compiler!"
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@hazlin what kind of psychopath are you to enjoy javascript over lisp?

@kreyren I'm still learning CL, working my way through gigamonkeys.com/book/ ATM JS still feels freer, but I am guessing CL will be better once I get into programming the programming language.

If you have any suggestions for how to get more into CL, and have more fun writing it. I welcome your suggestions.

@hazlin Ye it took me a long time getting used to lisp going from c-style langs.

My suggestions would be to join matrix.to/#/!iNkFOAFNSlAAUKgcC

They are very helpful for lisp questions

In general i would avoid books and instead learned the basics of programming and do practicals on lambda and u can consider yourself an expert on lisp

@hazlin also i would learn GNU Guile it's used in majority of GNU things and linux-related things and i find it more comfortable to use scheme over common lisp

@hazlin also in terms of editor:
1. paredit to keep the parantecies balanced
2. rainbow delimiters or whatever that makes parentecies a different color for me it makes it much easier to read and work with
3. support for liguratures so that e.g. when you write `lambda` it changes it on the lambda symbol to make it nicer to work with (smaller your code is in lisp the easier it is to work with)

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