08:16 <arAjakatAvAdin> I'm learning SBCL through slime as a first programming language, has anyone here taken that route with programming. Any advice or practical projects to work on from the foundational level would be appreciated.

08:18 <pjb> arAjakatAvAdin: it all depends on what style of learning you want. Since you're a beginner in programming, I would advise Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/ http://www-cgi.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/dst/www/LispBook/index.html

08:18 <pjb> arAjakatAvAdin: Check http://cliki.net for a lot of resources.

08:18 <pjb> http://cliki.net/Online+Tutorial http://cliki.net/Lisp+Books

08:19 <arAjakatAvAdin> Alright thanks I just downloaded that the other day before that I was looking through practical common lisp by peter seibel but was trying to find something to mix it with that was a bit more laid back.

08:20 <pjb> Practical Common Lisp is generaly advised to programmers knowing other languages.

08:21 <pjb> There's really two parts, learning how to program, and learning a programming language. Of course, the first time, you must learn both at the same time :-)

08:22 <arAjakatAvAdin> I kind of got that, I was looking for answers on stack overflow mere chapters into the book. I don't know why but aside from bash I just feel drawn to learn common lisp.