[ale] Why LISP? (was Why Ruby?)

[John P. Healey]

If you're just interested in the theory behind functional programming, I'd
recommend you learn scheme.  Basically scheme is the intersection of all major
lisp dialects (ANSI Common Lisp is the union).

http://www.schemers.org/ is a pretty good resource for scheme stuff and has a
list of both introductory and advanced books on the subject.  As far as books,
I've heard extremely good things about "The Little Schemer" by Friedman &
Felleise.n


If you're interested in more than just the functional paradigm, I highly
recommend Paul Graham's "Ansi Common Lisp", which provides a much deeper look
in what can actually be accomplished with Lisp.

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