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Subject: Re: Why do people like C? (Was: Comparison: Beta - Lisp)
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In article <Cy1E9K.47F@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk "Jeff Dalton" writes:

> That's how *I* learned Common Lisp.

Ouch. ;-) I'm glad I had an easier route. The bookshop that sold
me CTtL was suprised that I was buying it as an individual, as it
was using ordered by institutions.

Of course, it depends on how familiar you might be with Lisp, as
you might find it easier to get to grips with CL with some previous
experience with Lisp and Lisp concepts. I still wouldn't recommend
the book to a programmer new to CL, simply coz I know of books
that can do a better job of _teaching_ the language. If you want
the _full_ language (as I did) after learning CL from another
source, then I'd recommend it without reservation.
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