Hello my friend, I am very pleased to make your acquaintance and I am very excited about your journey. I am also very impressed that for someone who is newly learning the field, you already are so well-spoken and knowledgeable about the language and the tools. Thank you so much for your response. I also appreciate that you are only a little older than my parents, and if you are learning so well and so quickly then that fills me with much inspiration and excitement for the prospects of continued enjoyment of programming and software development for more decades to come. It's really exciting to know that anyone can learn at any age, and I wish you much enjoyment and success on your journey. If you were to create a developer blog, I'd read it!
So far the language I've experienced the most power with is Python, and your description of Lisp's power and tooling are very intriguing. I will take note of your recommendations and play around with the tools you described. It is worth the investment if it means unlocking something even more powerful than Pythonic thinking and code.
Do you find that one needs to be well-versed in Emacs to fully appreciate the CL stack you described and the capabilities of the language itself? Would you learn Emacs separately/after spending time building things with CL, or is building things with CL in Emacs part of the entire experience?
So far the language I've experienced the most power with is Python, and your description of Lisp's power and tooling are very intriguing. I will take note of your recommendations and play around with the tools you described. It is worth the investment if it means unlocking something even more powerful than Pythonic thinking and code.
Do you find that one needs to be well-versed in Emacs to fully appreciate the CL stack you described and the capabilities of the language itself? Would you learn Emacs separately/after spending time building things with CL, or is building things with CL in Emacs part of the entire experience?