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by fessguid 4099 days ago
Hi, thank you for the list.

I'm now learning Clojure and simplicity and power of lisp just blows my mind, really happy to write on it. But I wonder what of these books do you recommend to read to those people who are using Clojure?

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If you ever wondered why Lispers were considered condescending, arrogant, self-absorbed dorks back in the old ways reading LoL might give you a few hints.

I can't recommend that Clojure people read Hoyte's masterpiece, because Clojure is the first "larger" Lisp without a completely horrible community and I'd like to keep it that way.

Oh, I didn't know about such "good" reputations of the lispers. Will check LoL just to get an idea why. Thanks
As a relatively recent user I can only add that the community around common lisp, while being fairly distributed, are a great bunch. I have found on average no more douches than occupy any community.