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A portable and multiplatform Common Lisp environment. It ships a slightly customized Emacs with SLIME, SBCL (a popular Common Lisp implementation), Quicklisp and Git. No installation needed, so it's a very quick and easy way to get going

An IDE (Emacs + SLIME), Common Lisp implementation (Clozure Common Lisp) and library manager (Quicklisp), pre-packaged as archives for Windows, macOS and Linux. Descendant of "Lisp in a Box" in Practical Common Lisp

A non-Emacs based IDE for LispWorks Lisp, with some restrictions

Has a free IDE, and

A HOWTO for putting together a Lisp environment, and has information on and how to

If you're an experienced user, you can just install and a . See the for more details

The Common Lisp Cookbook has more information about using an implementation manager like , or on Docker

language reference document for Common Lisp. Bookmark it now

Covers the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS)

The last draft version of the ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (previously ANSI X3.226-1994) standard

A list of useful Lisp recipes. Also contains a list of other online sources of CL information

A description of the Common Lisp language from just before it was standardized by ANSI. Don't use it as a reference

Claims it has more useful descriptions of and than the CLHS does

Some recommend using CLtL2 for insight and inspiration, but to use the CLHS when programming

Covers the Common Lisp Object System

a good introduction for people new to programming. Contains code for really useful utilities like and

A textbook that teaches mainly through the use of exercises

A great introduction for experienced programmers, and tries to highlight from the very beginning what makes CL different to other languages

Common Lisp Koans

Not exactly a book, but a set of koans to help you learn the language

A great book for intermediately experienced Lispers

An advanced book on Lisp Macros

Several people recommend that you be comfortable with On Lisp before reading this book, and that the start is slow

Has several non-trivial examples, and demonstrates the power of this feature

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming by Peter Norvig

Has many interesting applications of Lisp, but is no longer a good reference for AI

A fun introduction to Lisp that uses comics and has you writing games

Available as an

Has an

Good as a reference, covers CLOS, and has several example program implementations

Plaintext versions of and are available online

A great set of Common Lisp patterns

An in-depth description of the CLOS, and shows how to use it with example applications

Describes the CLOS Metaobject Protocol (MOP)

The specification of a metaobject protocol extension to CLOS, by Robert Strandh

Superseded by the by Jean-Philippe Paradis ( )

Recommends reading Practical Common Lisp, then Object-Oriented Programming in Common Lisp, and then AMOP

The - The Common Lisp Wiki. A great resource for all things CL. Has a great page and an extensive list of

The #clschool, #lisp, #ccl, #sbcl and on the network are great places for learning about Common Lisp. ( )

An active community, and has loads of useful links and reference documents in the sidebar

The Subreddit for Common Lisp

An excellent way to learn the language through practice, have your code reviewed, and to discuss solutions with other people

Is a Discord for Lisp. Has a channel dedicated to Common Lisp and will happily answer questions

A package management platform for Lisp libraries

Documentation for projects in Quicklisp

Article about what libraries you should use, and why

Lists some useful libraries

Commercial, but has a free

Commercial, but as mentioned previously, has a with minor limitations

My personal favorite

A commercial Linux and Unix implementation, but has an unrestricted free evaluation and non-commercial use version