dungsaga · November 9, 2023 04:35 · Dec 16, 2021 · Nov 15, 2020 · Nov 9, 2020 · Nov 8, 2020
diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -3,6 +3,22 @@
 *If programming is more than just a means of getting things done for you,
 then Common Lisp is for you!*
 
+<!-- markdown-toc start - Don't edit this section. Run M-x markdown-toc-refresh-toc -->
+**Table of Contents**
+
+- [Opinionated Common Lisp Resources 2020](#opinionated-common-lisp-resources-2020)
+    - [What is Common Lisp?](#what-is-common-lisp)
+    - [Lisp for absolute beginners](#lisp-for-absolute-beginners)
+    - [Common Lisp Learning Resources](#common-lisp-learning-resources)
+    - [Libraries](#libraries)
+    - [Programming Environment](#programming-environment)
+    - [Communities](#communities)
+    - [More Technical Documentation](#more-technical-documentation)
+    - [Practical Reasons to use Common Lisp](#practical-reasons-to-use-common-lisp)
+
+<!-- markdown-toc end -->
+
+
 ### What is Common Lisp?
 
 A programming language.
@@ -67,13 +83,17 @@ programmers onboard.
 
 ### Libraries
 
+Primarily,
 -   [Awesome CL](https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl) list
 -   [Quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/)
+
+But also:
 -   [Ultralisp](http://ultralisp.org/)
+-   [Quickdocs](https://quickdocs.org/) for searching libraries
 -   [qlot](https://github.com/fukamachi/qlot)
+-   [clpm](https://common-lisp.net/project/clpm/)
 -   for the library APIs, I found the \"Packages\" section of libraries
-    on
-    [quickref](https://quickref.common-lisp.net/index-per-library.html)
+    on [quickref](https://quickref.common-lisp.net/index-per-library.html)
     to be particularly useful
 
 Quicklisp is a distro-like common lisp package manager - there are
@@ -99,7 +119,8 @@ Without Emacs:
 
 -   try out [slima](https://atom.io/packages/slima) for Atom -
     atom-slime is no longer maintained!
-
+-   [Alive](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rheller.alive) for VS Code
+
 For vim-users:
 
 -   either go with emacs evil-mode with a [starter-kit](https://github.com/emacs-tw/awesome-emacs#starter-kit)
@@ -169,4 +190,4 @@ Amidst all this, are there any practical reasons to use Common Lisp?
 [Check this
 answer on Quora](https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favourite-non-mainstream-programming-language/answer/Shubhamkar-Ayare).
 
-*This article was originally published by me on my Wordpress blog*.
+*This article was originally published by me on my Wordpress blog*.
diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ There's a read-worthy discussion discussing the two philosophies
 If the reader is okay with Emacs:
 
 -   check out [Portacle](http://portacle.github.io/)
--   or install [quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/) and [SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) (go figure!)
+-   or install [quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/) and [SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime)/[SLY](https://github.com/joaotavora/sly) (go figure!)
 
 Without Emacs:
 

diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ uses interactive development!
 -   [r/learnlisp](http://reddit.com/r/learnlisp)
 -   [r/lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/)
 -   [r/common_lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/Common_Lisp/)
--   [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/4kHR2g) (expired; perhaps ask someone at one of the other communities for the invite link)
+-   [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/ywv48XN)
 -   [comp.lang.lisp](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.lisp)
 -   There's also [LispForum](https://www.lispforum.com/)
 

diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ possibilities, then welcome to the world of Common Lisp :)! After all
 this, if someone still wants to have a read at what is so special about
 lisp, have a read [here](http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html).
 
-(Very often, newcomers confuse CLisp with Common Lisp. (CNU) CLisp is
+(Very often, newcomers confuse CLisp with Common Lisp. (GNU) CLisp is
 just an implementation of Common Lisp. It isn't as good or as
 maintained as several other implementations, like, say SBCL. See [the
 last section](#more-technical-documentation) below.)

diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ possibilities, then welcome to the world of Common Lisp :)! After all
 this, if someone still wants to have a read at what is so special about
 lisp, have a read [here](http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html).
 
-(Edit: Very often, newcomers confuse CLisp with Common Lisp. CLisp is
+(Very often, newcomers confuse CLisp with Common Lisp. (CNU) CLisp is
 just an implementation of Common Lisp. It isn't as good or as
-maintained as several other implementations, like, say SBCL. See the
-last section below.)
+maintained as several other implementations, like, say SBCL. See [the
+last section](#more-technical-documentation) below.)
 
 ### Lisp for absolute beginners
 
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ languages:
 
 ### Common Lisp Learning Resources
 
-For the ones with at least some background in programming (1 year?)
+For beginners:
+
+- [Touretzky's "Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation"](https://www.amazon.com/Common-LISP-Introduction-Computation-Engineering/dp/0486498204)
+- or, [Graham's "ANSI Common Lisp"](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0133708756)
+
+For the former, be sure to pick up a post-1994 version, since it was in 1994 that Common Lisp gained ANSI standardization.
+
+For people with at least some programming background (1 year?)
 
 -   [The Common Lisp
     Cookbook](http://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/)
@@ -86,12 +93,17 @@ There's a read-worthy discussion discussing the two philosophies
 If the reader is okay with Emacs:
 
 -   check out [Portacle](http://portacle.github.io/)
--   or install quicklisp and SLIME (go figure!)
+-   or install [quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/) and [SLIME](https://github.com/slime/slime) (go figure!)
 
 Without Emacs:
 
 -   try out [slima](https://atom.io/packages/slima) for Atom -
     atom-slime is no longer maintained!
+
+For vim-users:
+
+-   either go with emacs evil-mode with a [starter-kit](https://github.com/emacs-tw/awesome-emacs#starter-kit)
+-   or with pure vim, go with [slimv](https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2531) or [vlime](https://github.com/vlime/vlime)
 
 If you want a bare bones REPL, [here's a three step guide for
 Ubuntu](https://github.com/LispCookbook/cl-cookbook/issues/293).
@@ -111,11 +123,11 @@ uses interactive development!
 
 ### Communities
 
--    [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/).
+-   [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/).
 -   [r/learnlisp](http://reddit.com/r/learnlisp)
 -   [r/lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/)
 -   [r/common_lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/Common_Lisp/)
--   [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/4kHR2g)
+-   [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/4kHR2g) (expired; perhaps ask someone at one of the other communities for the invite link)
 -   [comp.lang.lisp](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.lisp)
 -   There's also [LispForum](https://www.lispforum.com/)
 
@@ -157,4 +169,4 @@ Amidst all this, are there any practical reasons to use Common Lisp?
 [Check this
 answer on Quora](https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favourite-non-mainstream-programming-language/answer/Shubhamkar-Ayare).
 
-*This article originally published by me on my Wordpress blog*.
+*This article was originally published by me on my Wordpress blog*.
diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -156,3 +156,5 @@ consult.
 Amidst all this, are there any practical reasons to use Common Lisp?
 [Check this
 answer on Quora](https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favourite-non-mainstream-programming-language/answer/Shubhamkar-Ayare).
+
+*This article originally published by me on my Wordpress blog*.
diff --git a/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md b/lisp-resources-digikar-2020.md
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# Opinionated Common Lisp Resources 2020
+
+*If programming is more than just a means of getting things done for you,
+then Common Lisp is for you!*
+
+### What is Common Lisp?
+
+A programming language.
+
+*What is so special about it?* A part of the problem of explaining
+Common Lisp to non-lispers is that it is akin to explaining Calculus to
+a middle schooler - one needs *plenty* of concepts. Explaining something
+like python to a C programmer who has never used a higher level language
+would require explaining, perhaps, first order functions and the concept
+of objects. Explaining Common Lisp to a python programmer requires
+explaining macros (and the associated details about read-compile-run
+time), dynamic scoping, condition system, images, off the top of my
+head. Each of it can seem like a *what?*
+
+I don't mean this in a demeaning sense - one can get far by knowing just
+a few things; but if you are curious about the realm of programming
+possibilities, then welcome to the world of Common Lisp :)! After all
+this, if someone still wants to have a read at what is so special about
+lisp, have a read [here](http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html).
+
+(Edit: Very often, newcomers confuse CLisp with Common Lisp. CLisp is
+just an implementation of Common Lisp. It isn't as good or as
+maintained as several other implementations, like, say SBCL. See the
+last section below.)
+
+### Lisp for absolute beginners
+
+These are not specifically for Common Lisp, but rather for Scheme and
+Racket, The things learnt here should be transferable to other
+languages:
+
+-   [Structure and Interpretation of Computer
+    Programs](https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html)
+-   Use [How To Design Programs](http://htdp.org) if SICP is too much
+-   These use [Dr Racket](http://racket-lang.org/)
+
+### Common Lisp Learning Resources
+
+For the ones with at least some background in programming (1 year?)
+
+-   [The Common Lisp
+    Cookbook](http://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/)
+-   [Practical Common Lisp](http://gigamonkeys.com/book/)
+-   [Bagger's Little Bits of
+    Lisp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0TsdytmGhc&list=PL2VAYZE_4wRJi_vgpjsH75kMhN4KsuzR_) -
+    videos!
+
+This is very opinionated. A more larger list is available at the
+cookbook itself, the sidebar of [r/lisp](https://reddit.com/r/lisp), the
+[Common Lisp website](https://common-lisp.net/downloads) itself,
+[CLiki](https://www.cliki.net/), and probably at several other places.
+Here I wanted to achieve a balance between keeping the page short enough
+to avoid overwhelming as well as covering just enough to get new
+programmers onboard.
+
+### Libraries
+
+-   [Awesome CL](https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl) list
+-   [Quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/)
+-   [Ultralisp](http://ultralisp.org/)
+-   [qlot](https://github.com/fukamachi/qlot)
+-   for the library APIs, I found the \"Packages\" section of libraries
+    on
+    [quickref](https://quickref.common-lisp.net/index-per-library.html)
+    to be particularly useful
+
+Quicklisp is a distro-like common lisp package manager - there are
+\"releases\" once every month or so. And there's a guarantee that all
+the packages in a particular release work together.
+
+However, if the one month development cycle is too long, there is the
+ultralisp that builds every 5 minutes, in that one doesn't have to wait
+for a month to fix bugs or get the latest libraries. However, there's
+no \"everything builds together\" guarantee.
+
+There's a read-worthy discussion discussing the two philosophies
+[here](https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/why-do-we-have-to-wait-one-month-before-quicklisp-updates/).
+
+### Programming Environment
+
+If the reader is okay with Emacs:
+
+-   check out [Portacle](http://portacle.github.io/)
+-   or install quicklisp and SLIME (go figure!)
+
+Without Emacs:
+
+-   try out [slima](https://atom.io/packages/slima) for Atom -
+    atom-slime is no longer maintained!
+
+If you want a bare bones REPL, [here's a three step guide for
+Ubuntu](https://github.com/LispCookbook/cl-cookbook/issues/293).
+
+A good fun in using lisps is being comfortable with SLIME, that enables
+interactive development. I find this akin to going *inside *a building
+being constructed, with a hammer and several other tools, and then,
+incrementally modifying or building that building. [This
+video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oufGYAAVLfQ&list=PL2VAYZE_4wRJi_vgpjsH75kMhN4KsuzR_&index=5)
+should illustrate the idea. 
+[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBcPNr1CKKw&list=PL2VAYZE_4wRIoHsU5cEBIxCYcbHzy4Ypj&index=4) provides
+a larger list of shortcuts, though, the most useful commands I find
+include `C-c C-c`, `M-.` and `M-,`.
+[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1FSsUV-8c) illustrates a wild
+combination of programming and concerts (yes, musical concerts!), that
+uses interactive development!
+
+### Communities
+
+-    [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/).
+-   [r/learnlisp](http://reddit.com/r/learnlisp)
+-   [r/lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/)
+-   [r/common_lisp](https://www.reddit.com/r/Common_Lisp/)
+-   [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/4kHR2g)
+-   [comp.lang.lisp](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.lisp)
+-   There's also [LispForum](https://www.lispforum.com/)
+
+While asking for help, it's a good practice to first google (or
+duckduckgo or whatever) your own query to see if it has been asked
+before.
+
+### More Technical Documentation
+
+You don't want to read this! Go back!
+
+Common Lisp is an ANSI standard (standardized in 1994). This is the
+language. The language has implementations - SBCL, CCL, ABCL, ECL,
+CLISP, Clasp, Allegro CL, LispWorks, MOCL and may be a few more.
+
+The standard exists in the form of [The Common Lisp
+HyperSpec](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/lw50/CLHS/Front/Contents.htm)
+- not very accessible we agree. There is an attempt to make the
+documentation more \"attractive\" at [The Common Lisp
+UltraSpec](https://phoe.tymoon.eu/clus/doku.php?id=clus:todo).
+
+Individual implementations also have manuals such as the [SBCL User
+Manual](http://www.sbcl.org/manual/) or the [CCL
+Manual](https://ccl.clozure.com/manual/) or the [ECL
+Manual](https://common-lisp.net/project/ecl/static/manual/) or err \...
+you got it!
+
+There's also the [Common Lisp Wiki](https://www.cliki.net/).
+
+I told you you shouldn't read this section! Go back to the previous
+sections and learn lisp. And then, come here if you want to do something
+mission critical! There are some very experienced lispers (the creators
+of these stuff themselves!) out in the community whom you should
+consult.
+
+### Practical Reasons to use Common Lisp
+
+Amidst all this, are there any practical reasons to use Common Lisp?
+[Check this
+answer on Quora](https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favourite-non-mainstream-programming-language/answer/Shubhamkar-Ayare).