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It has been said that one can tell what language a programmer used previously by looking at their first Mathematica program. Similarly, it is common to see Python programs rated on how ‘pythonic’ they are.

In a Lisp tutorial, one wants to see Lisp used in the way it is intended to be used, rather than examples that are direct translations from a language such as Basic. If you have learnt Basic, the best advice is to forget all about it, so I was disappointed

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