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2 points by Styx 3324 days ago | link | parent

Mostly pg's essays. I'm actually fairly new to programming in general, though I have a ton of interest.

I'm coming from a Ruby background and I was just admitted to a coding bootcamp, for reference.



2 points by kinnard 3324 days ago | link

I see. Yeah his essays are very seductive. I got pulled in.

Have you read the Roots of Lisp: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/paulgraham/jmc.ps

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1 point by Styx 3324 days ago | link

Ah, well, I skimmed it yesterday. Which I guess skimming is the last thing to do when it comes to a document of that sort ^.^

Essentially, I want to learn Lisp because the colloquial "they" recommend it to gain a better understanding of programming in general.

I want to learn Arc because it seems to take the lisp philosophy to heart the most out of the lisps.

And generally, I'm the type of person that can withstand some amount of "jumping into the deep end." Although, I may be in a bit too deep this time. Heh.

I'll probably continue to lurk around here until I've got a bit more experience under my belt, and thoughts to contribute.

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2 points by kinnard 3324 days ago | link

It's definitely worth the read. It's the "Foundation" and nothing can beat knowing the axioms cold. That article was my red pill.

Arc isn't exactly living up to the vision: [1] https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki/issues/40#issuecomment... [2] http://arclanguage.org/item?id=19492

And the vision is questionable to begin with: http://arclanguage.org/item?id=19554

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