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Loving Lisp, or the Savvy Programmer's Secret Weapon

Loving Lisp, or the Savvy Programmer's Secret Weapon
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While I consider Java to be twice as "programmer efficient" as C++, I consider Common Lisp to be twice as good as Java for some applications. Common Lisp compilers are freely available, stable, and compiled Common Lisp code is very fast. Not yet programming in Lisp? Spend a few evenings with this free web book and experience what many computer scientists consider the best all-around programming language.

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