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		nnadams on Nov 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A few examples of Lisp code typography (2013) I always recommend Make a Lisp [0]. It's a guided experience creating a Lisp in whatever language you already know. If you go through all the steps, you'll have created a self hosting Clojure-like Lisp. For me implementing a Lisp piece by piece helped me better understand its core ideas. [0] https://github.com/kanaka/mal

macintux on Nov 26, 2022 [–]

Thanks for reminding me about MaL. I tried years ago, but got hung up on a technicality early. Need to try it again, such a great project.

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