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Ryan Orban

Ryan Orban

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Lisp

Bookmarks

  1. laarc — Lisp-Oriented Hacker News Alternative

    laarc was a Hacker News-style link aggregator built in Arc (Paul Graham's Lisp dialect) and oriented toward Lisp, functional programming, and programming language theory. The site has since shut down or pivoted.

  2. Clojure for the Brave and True

    Daniel Higginbotham's free online book for learning Clojure — covers functional programming, the JVM, macros, and concurrency with a humor-forward style. One of the most recommended Clojure introductions for programmers coming from imperative languages.

  3. Getting Started with Clojure

    jrheard's beginner guide to getting started with Clojure — covering setup, REPL workflow, and the first concepts that trip people up. A 2013 onramp into Clojure during its peak growth period.

  4. iSICP — Interactive Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    An interactive web version of SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) with runnable code examples inline. Makes the canonical CS textbook more accessible by letting readers execute Scheme snippets without a separate environment.

  5. Not All Programmers Are Alike: A Language Rant

    Scott Locklin's blunt 2012 rant arguing that different programmers have fundamentally different aptitudes and that functional/Lisp languages self-select for a specific type. The HN discussion was equally spirited. An honest engagement with the uncomfortable reality that not all programming taste is equal.

  6. God Uses Lisp

    A Twitpic image shared with the caption 'Guess God really does use Lisp' — programmer humor around the idea that the universe's underlying structure resembles a Lisp program. A recurring joke in hacker culture about Lisp's elegance and its position as the 'language of ideas'.

  7. First Hundred Days of Clojure

    Niclas Meier's reflection after 100 days of learning Clojure — a practitioner's account of what the language demands and what it delivers, written when Clojure was still a relatively young and unusual choice. A snapshot of the functional programming learning curve.

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