From: Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Learning LISP; Scheme vs elisp.
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:26:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u38cm5-l73.ln1@news.ducksburg.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrng962gd.2vq.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl
On 2008-08-01, Joost Kremers wrote:
> Adam Funk wrote:
>> I've decided I ought to train myself in the most elegant programming
>> weapon --- http://xkcd.com/297/ --- so I've started working through
>> _The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_.
>>
>> In the long term I hope I'll be able to customize Emacs more in its
>> native way instead of wrapping external Perl programs in
>> shell-command-on-region (as I often do now).
>
> dunno, but the emacs lisp intro (C-h i m emacs lisp intro RET) and the
> emacs lisp manual (C-h i m elisp RET) seem more appropriate ways to get
> started with elisp...
Well, what I mainly want to do is learn LISP from a reputable text,
and I'm hoping a side benefit of that will be improved Emacs skills.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-01 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-01 12:45 Learning LISP; Scheme vs elisp Adam Funk
2008-08-01 13:06 ` Joost Kremers
2008-08-01 20:26 ` Adam Funk [this message]
2008-08-01 14:09 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2008-08-01 19:16 ` Joel J. Adamson
[not found] ` <mailman.15727.1217618719.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-01 20:18 ` David Kastrup
2008-08-04 2:31 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-08-01 20:30 ` Adam Funk
2008-08-01 22:10 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-08-01 21:51 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-08-02 1:06 ` weber
2008-08-02 12:33 ` Xah
2008-08-02 13:51 ` Xah
[not found] ` <mailman.15710.1217599959.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-06 19:38 ` Adam Funk
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