From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Klein Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What version of Lisp is running in EMACS? Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:05:54 GMT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193413278 1211 80.91.229.12 (26 Oct 2007 15:41:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:41:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 26 17:41:20 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IlRJE-0005Nc-Tg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:41:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IlRJ6-0000UY-Ez for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:41:08 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr27.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!cd758c39!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1117 Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.220.108.109 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr27.news.prodigy.net 1193411154 ST000 69.220.108.109 (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:05:54 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:05:54 EDT X-UserInfo1: TSU[@SVETRUARTXXEBHN_RLATJ]FBL@MAHU^_BAMEH]TCDYG^WHOPCWZBL[\YUWHANGYZEFNHFZPNLOBUNSS^_LGEVWEY\PHO@YJSSWBBDT\PFD^ESBTXVCCMTD]JCJLE\_IJMFNRY]SWE[S[D_CNB__ZK^VGVCKHA[S@COB^[@ZQSDFQ\BPMS@DZVUKQTJL Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153344 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48835 Archived-At: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:38:14 +0200, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote: >It's called Emacs lisp, or elisp among friends. (Nobody capitalizes >emacs the way you did. I notice you didn't write LISP. Good!) > >I am not so sure that elisp is the best to learn from, if your >longtime goal is to learn Common Lisp, say. There's a risk that you >just end up learning elisp's idiosyncrasies instead. Maybe you really >should get a Common Lisp system. Perhaps SBCL. There are also >commercial lisps out there with free trial versions that are quite >good. If you for something like SBCL, you can run that under Slime >inside emacs. > >Here is a good book if you wish to learn Common Lisp: > > http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ > >On that page you will find a reference to Lispbox (gee, Lisp in a >box), which just may be what you need to get stared. > >For more information on your options, search the comp.lang.lisp >newsgroup. Questions about good systems for beginners come up >regularly there. (But it's a high volume newsgroup, so you may need >to work a bit with your search terms to find the info.) Ok, 'Emacs' it is from now on :) I have just ordered Practical Common Lisp from Amazon. Yes, I've been on comp.lang.lisp and found some very useful information. Thank you, Daniel Klein