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If you think the greatest pleasure in programming comes from getting a lot done with code that simply and clearly expresses your intention, then programming in Common Lisp is likely to be about the most fun you can have with a computer. You’ll get more done, faster, using it than you would using pretty much any other language.
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Seibel, P. (2005). Introduction: Why Lisp?. In: Practical Common Lisp. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0017-8_1
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