Lisp in Ubuntu distribution ???

[sleddog]

I just got the 7.10 dvd. I'm familiar with linux to some degree, but have never used ubuntu. Is there a lisp on the "standard" distro dvd? where can I find it? and where can I find info about using lisp and a "window" gui?

Thanks for any pointers. I'm just trying to learn lisp and, unfortunately, other than the standard lisp texts, I just don't know where to start. By the way, i know that emacs embeds lisp to a degree, but I'd rather not use that approach if at all possible.

Regards,

[LaRoza]

You have two choices: Common Lisp and Scheme.

For Common Lisp, you have many choices. The most common I hear are:
* Clisp
* SBCL

You can install both of them to try them out.



sudo aptitude install clisp


That command will install CLisp. See my wiki for other information.

(I use CLisp now, but I have SBCL and GNU Common Lisp also)

[sleddog]

Thanks LaRosa,

I know this is going to sound like the newbie I am, but where is your wiki?

Thanks

[LaRoza]

Thanks LaRosa,

I know this is going to sound like the newbie I am, but where is your wiki?

Thanks

See the "Learn to Program" link in my sig. Sorry, I have to rename it again to make it clear it goes to my wiki.