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A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp

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A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp
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This article serves as a guide for beginners interested in learning Lisp, explaining that it is a family of dialects rather than a single language. It highlights the benefits of learning the fundamental concepts of Lisp regardless of the specific dialect chosen.

Most programming languages evolve as a single language. Python, Java, Javascript, C++, have new versions and standards, multiple implementations, but they still remain the same language. C and C++ can be compiled with GCC or Clang, Python can be compiled with CPython or PyPy, the same JavaScript runs in both Firefox and Chrome, and Java programs can run on JVM or GraalVM.

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