[toronto-lisp] Learning Lisp

[Vishvajit Singh]

I second that. I think technical questions are entirely appropriate on
this list.. indeed, they should be welcomed.

comp.lang.lisp really is doing poorly these days. I wish there was a
better "central Lisp hangout" -- something like arclanguage.org/forum,
but for Lisp generally, not just a specific dialect.

Vish

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Justin Giancola
<justin.giancola at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> While this list isn't typically used for simple technical questions, I
> don't see why it couldn't be. I myself wouldn't mind answering
> questions or providing guidance where I am able to.
>
>
> Justin
>
> On 25-Sep-09, at 4:52 PM, David Penton wrote:
>
>> Ok, great & thx.
>>
>> I am frustrated with a few things as I progress down my learning path.
>> Frustration is, of course, usual and unavoidable when learning a new
>> language. It appears to me that the effect is amplified by the fact
>> that lisp = paradigm shift relative to algol / c languages, which is
>> my background.
>>
>> Anyway, here is my query:
>>
>>       Where should one go to ask *dumb* lisp questions?
>>
>> I have looked at comp.lang.lisp but it is sooooo full of spam that I
>> don't know what to do about it. I have tried various news readers, but
>> the spam filtering is either poor, or the documentation on setting up
>> spam filtering is *incomprehensible*. The Google Groups archive is
>> likewise full of spam-shit. Maybe I should ignore the spam and forge
>> ahead?
>>
>> I could give examples of problems I am having, but I don't thing
>> including them in this post is appropriate.
>>
>> Any suggestions? IRC or something? Does the toronto-lisp list deal
>> with simple techical/newbie questions?
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> - Dave -
>>
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