Common Lisp is a standardized version of the Lisp programming language intended for production-strength power.
Common Lisp, the programmable programming language.
See the Wikipedia page on Common Lisp for more information about the language. There is an online version of the ANSI Common Lisp standard and a list of recommended Common Lisp implementations. Many Lisp specific mailing lists are archived at Gmane.
There is a stackoverflow chat room for Lisp-like languages: Lisp.
Popular Common Lisp implementations
- Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL), a high performance Common Lisp compiler
- Clozure CL, an implementation compiling to native code with an IDE under Mac OS X
- CLISP, an implementation that compiles to bytecode
- Armed Bear Common Lisp, an implementation on top of JVM
Free Common Lisp Programming Books
- Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation, best for novices to programming.
- Practical Common Lisp, best for experienced programmers who want to pickup Common Lisp.
Common Lisp Programming Books
See also
- Common Lisp HyperSpec
- the Common Lisp Cookbook
- Lisp tag on stackoverflow