Firstly, subscribe to a more active Lisp group - you could try http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/topics?hl=en for something a bit more busy.
I can't speak for others, but my set-up is SLIME + EMACS + SBCL. If you don't use Emacs that well then you'll need to invest some time but it *is* well worth it. Chris On 24/03/2008, Jennifer Rodriguez-Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A few years ago I was trying to pick a language to learn and I was > torn between Python and Lisp. I worked through some of the Wizard > book with with Scheme and really liked the language but it didn't look > like a good investment in terms of job prospects so I ended up going > with Python. I'm not looking to learn a language for pay just now so > I'm back to "something functional". I went back and forth between > spending time learning Lisp and OCAML but I ended up going with Lisp > because the first thing I want is *development speed* and the last > time I messed around with OCAML the typing system kept slowing down my > development. > > For any given situation I generally believe in "one canonical > implementation" that creates a lot of value by working as an official > standard that lets people work with each other without too many layers > of coordination. Based on my initial surveys I'm thinking that the > right thing to do is: > 1. Work through Practical Common Lisp - http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ > 2. While using Steel Bank Common Lisp - > http://sbcl.sourceforge.net/platform-table.html > 3. With Lisp in a Box as my IDE - http://common-lisp.net/project/lispbox/ > > I was sort of expecting to find... I don't know... *not* a ghost town? > But some of these projects feel a little bit like a ghost town to me. > I downloaded Lisp in a Box and the first thing I found was a > completely missing emacs tutorial. It makes me think that the > canonical IDE has no active developers... Ulp. > > So I'm hoping to find the people *somewhere* or, lacking that, maybe > nucleate a group. In that vein I'm working on starting a San Diego > Lisp Users Group... although I'm not sure if maybe I should open the > topic up to include more potential people and go with something more > like a "San Diego Functional Languages and Machine Learning Group". > > If someone reads email, please respond. I'm searching for information: > > 1. Generally (request to everyone who reads this) is there a "more > canonical" set of tools that I should be learning? I just want to use > any Lisp that is "what most Lispers use". If nothing else could > people say what *they* use and maybe we could get an informal poll > going? > > 2. If you're in San Diego, would you be interested in a group that > meets face to face semi-regularly? What kind of scope, format, etc > would you be up for? > > Any and all responses kindly appreciated :-) > > Jennifer > _______________________________________________ > Gardeners mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners >
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