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Learn Lisp The Hard Way source-code and full book text

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Lowering the barrier for entry in Common Lisp #9

Closed thephoeron closed 9 years ago

thephoeron commented 9 years ago

To lower the barrier for entry into the Common Lisp ecosystem, consider including CL21 in the text of L(λ)THW from the beginning.

Considerations:

Is CL21 stable and mature enough to document in a teaching resource?
Will teaching CL21 from the beginning of L(λ)THW confuse new students of the language or help them understand ANSI Common Lisp better, by putting it in context?
What structural work will be necessary to the existing text of L(λ)THW to make it conform to CL21?
Are all discussed libraries compatible with CL21?

thephoeron commented 9 years ago

This proposal has been rejected on the basis of non-conformance with ANSI Standardization and portable code philosophy.