Why don't people like lisp?

[Terry Reedy]

"Edi Weitz" <edi at agharta.de> wrote in message
news:87ekx92nbf.fsf at bird.agharta.de...
> > Is there a usable online CL reference that would let me lookup,
for
> > instance, DO and get the prototype and short description?
>
> Yes, definitely. Common Lisp has an ANSI standard and the ANSI
> standard is available online.[1]
>
>   <http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Front/index.htm>
>
> Be warned that this is a language standard, though. It's not a
> textbook written for people who want to learn the language.

Very helpful.  I've read the first W&H Lisp on MacLisp, but CL has
lots of new name and syntax symbols, like &rest, :whatever, etc that I
can now look up as needed.

Thanks, Terry J. Reedy