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I really love the idea of lisp but feels like the learning curve is steep. Sure you can learn basic lisp in an hour or so but then? You need to learn emacs, all of the plugins, module systems.

Maybe I just don't know where to start.



Start here with Common Lisp 8-) https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/getting-started.h... To learn the language, look at the good books out there (Touretzky's etc).

ps: you don't need to learn Emacs. A terminal even is enough. See the Cookbook/ Editors section.




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