What is "lisp"

Introducing

The LISP name is derived from "List Processing". It is a language originally created as a practical mathematical notation for creating computer programs. See the article on wikipedia for more information.

Hello World in Lisp

;;; Hello World in Common Lisp

(defun helloworld ()
  (print "Hello World!"))

Popular dialects

• Common Lisp
• Scheme
• Emacs Lisp
• Clojure

Free Lisp Programming Books^{(all in English)}

• Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition
• Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation - David S. Touretzky
• Common Lisp Quick Reference
• Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp
• Natural Language Processing in Lisp
• On Lisp
• Practical Common Lisp
• Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp - David Lamkins
• Sketchy LISP - Nils Holm