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24 alternatives to Emacs Lisp
An Introduction
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Emacs Lisp launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1IW
The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
- 2AV
2017 · khamidou.com · its alternatives →
- 3
A modernized and annotated code companion to Paul Graham's "On Lisp". - DalekBaldwin/on-lisp
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A guide to functional programming
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A short introduction to the Unix command line
2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
- 6IM
2013 · lispwebtales.ppenev.com · its alternatives →
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See what it’s like to program in a language without null.
2015 · books.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
- 9
Stephen Wolfram's new book on the Wolfram Language
2015 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →
- 10IA
Software Engineer in New York specializing in Apple platforms
2015 · harlanhaskins.com · its alternatives →
- 11
Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
- 12FA
2016 · nakkaya.com · its alternatives →
- 13
2023 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
- 14AN
2012 · patient0.github.com · its alternatives →
- 15AA
2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →
- 16
The authoritative resource for learning Go
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 19
An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor and more
2016 · gnu.org · its alternatives →
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2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
- 22
Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R - dirkschumacher/llr
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 23
Hey HN, I wrote a short book about the fundamental aspects of Clojure. The target audience is programmers with at least minimal experience who want to learn how to express solutions in Clojure (and perhaps in LISP, generally). If the price is a bit too steep for you, send me an email (address in bio), and I'll provide a discount coupon. If you can't afford it all, and believe the material may help you for studying or interview preparations, I can send you a free copy.
2025 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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Pattern-matching, first-class functions, and more in Haskell
2014 · stevekrouse.github.io · its alternatives →
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