Lisp is a family of general purpose programming languages, influenced by the lambda calculus, and with the ability to manipulate source code as a data structure.
Introduction
The name Lisp derives from "LISt Processor". It was originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs. See Wikipedia for more information.
Hello World Program in Lisp
;;; Hello World in Common Lisp
(defun helloworld ()
(print "Hello World!"))
Popular dialects
Free Lisp Programming Books
- ANSI Common Lisp HyperSpec
- Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition (differs from the ANSI CL Standard)
- Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation - David S. Touretzky
- Common Lisp Quick Reference
- Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp
- On Lisp
- Practical Common Lisp
- Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp - David Lamkins
- Sketchy LISP, An Introduction to Functional Programming in Scheme - Nils Holm
There is also a Stack Overflow chat room and Stack Overflow Documentation page on Lisp.