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On 2011-12-16 15:34:06 +0000, Tim Bradshaw said:

> I do think ACL is a lovely book to read in the way SICP or AMOP or K&R 
> are lovely books to read

Agreed entirely. I found it very enjoyable in exactly the same way. I 
wouldn't recommend it as a tutorial to anyone who didn't already have a 
good grounding in programming - I read it after reading SICP and K&R 
for example.

For a beginner's intro to the lisp family of languages it's hard to 
beat _The Little Schemer_ & _The Seasoned Schemer_ imho. For a 
practical, hands-on, nuts and bolts approach to *common lisp* PCL is 
excellent. For something a bit more entertaining and engaging, _Land of 
Lisp_ is great.

warmest regards,

Ralph

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Raffael Cavallaro