Earlier this year, I decided to learn Lisp for kicks and Practical Common Lisp was the book that resonated with me the most.

The whole experience didn’t result in me switching or even continuing to use Lisp, but what it did is show me some of the origins of the features in the languages I already use.

My Python and JavaScript code is definitely more “Lispy” now, if that makes sense.

Trivia: In my studies, I was surprised to learn that recent versions of Excel support lambda functions in formulae.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/lambda-the-ult...