Do you wanna learn Lisp? If yes, you come to the right place. Do you know how to call a function/procedure in most languages? Yes right, like this.

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function(arg1, arg2, arg3)

This syntax is used in C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, … you get it.

In a Lisp language you just put the starting ( before the function call and remove the commas.

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(function arg1 arg2 arg3)

There you have it, you have learned 100% of the syntax of a Lisp language. The remaining part is just learning some functions. Have fun!

Further Reading

I recommend Racket for learning. Why?

1. You download just a package and it contains everything. An IDE with REPL and you can immediately start coding.
2. It has a lot of good documentation.

Maybe you wanna start with The introduction with Pictures I think it is a good start also for learning functional concepts. Just start reading it and maybe you wanna try it out.

You also should read Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig if you didn’t do it yet.