Is it okay for me to start a video series about Common Lisp?

[LakatosI]

I recently started to learn about Common Lisp, and I literally fell in
love with the language. So I'm thinking of creating a video series
about it here at showmedo, and I'd just like to find out if anyone
would be interested in it, or if it is even possible to start a new
series about a new language.

[Kyran Dale]

BIG vote from me. Lisp is a very, very interesting topic and a
wonderfully elegant language IMO. I'd love to see your take on it, and
we don't do lisp any kind of justice on-site. It really is a candidate
for the ur-language. Can't imagine there wouldn't be a lot of
interest.

kyran (CEO and tea-boy)


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[Gasto]

That sounds interesting to me. I got the Allegro compiler some time
ago, but had no time to experiment with the language. What compiler
are you going to use.

The next logical step would be to set up an artificial intelligence
video series, now that Lisp lends itself towards that area.

On Jul 3, 4:10 am, Kyran Dale <kyran.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

[LakatosI]

The compiler isn't that important really, because I'll at the
beginning will probably only show some very "basic" code, which can
run on any Common Lisp compiler.However, there are a few concepts,
like threading for example, which aren't implemented on every
compiler. For the video-series I'll probably use the SBCL compiler,
mostly because it's open-source, and it also supports unicode and
threading. Allegro is also a very good choice.

I'll also probably start an AI video-series with Lisp, because that's
what I'm trying to make right now, artificial intelligence :P

There is a common misconception that Lisp is only for making AI, or
for recursions and such. The truth is that Lisp is so versatile,
especially Common Lisp, that it can be used in almost every domain.
Why it's so popular with the AI programmers is because of it's awesome
syntax, which is just absolutely, mind-bogglingly incredible, and did
I mention awesome, that it lets you think in ways you've never
imagined before (very much like Python, only way cooler). But I'll get
to that in the video series.

[Ian Ozsvald]

Vote from me too!  I used to use lisp (and prolog) way-back-when but not for an awful long time, I'd love to see what you have to share.
Ian.

2009/7/3 LakatosI <lakato...@gmail.com>

[Luc Chase]

One more YES vote

On Jul 4, 2009 10:08 AM, "Ian Ozsvald" <i...@showmedo.com> wrote:

Vote from me too!  I used to use lisp (and prolog) way-back-when but not for an awful long time, I'd love to see what you have to share.
Ian.

2009/7/3 LakatosI <lakato...@gmail.com>

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