A newbie-by-newbie informal survey of what led folks to give Lisp a serious
try and what they think of it. Especially interesting are young Lispniks
and those who have tried Lisp only recently, but old-timer responses are
welcome, too.
To add yourself to the survey, simply follow the instructions on
The Road to Lisp Questions.
If you are in a hurry, try the
RtL Highlight Film. There you will find one excerpt from most responses (95%) and a matching link to the full Road behind the excerpt.
Or try a structured approach:
Or just poke around at random in the responses to date:
- Abhay Vardhan - I, Abhay Vardhan, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Abhijit Rao - I, Abhijit Rao, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Alexander Lehmann's Road to Lisp - I, Alexander Lehmann, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- AlexPeake - I, Alex Peake, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- AlexTibbles - I, Person, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Andrew Philpot's Road to Lisp - Describe Andrew Philpot's Road to Lisp here
- Artie Gold's Road to LISP - I, Artie Gold, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Bill Birch's Road to Lisp - I, Bill Birch, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Bob Bechtel - I, Bob Bechtel, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Bradford W Miller - I, _Bradford W
- BradMight - I do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Brandon Corfman - I, Brandon Corfman, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Brendan Van Horn - I, Brendan Van Horn, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Brian Mastenbrook - Road to Lisp - I, Brian Mastenbrook, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Brian T Rice - I, Brian T
- Bruce Durling's Road to Lisp - I, Bruce Durling, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Bruce Woodward's Road to Lisp - I, Bruce Woodward, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Bulent Murtezaoglu - I, Bulent Murtezaoglu , do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- C E C Artime - I, C E C Artime, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Charlie McMackin -
- Chris Sonnack's Road to Lisp - The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Chris Van Dusen - I, Person, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Chris-Perkins - I, Chris Perkins, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Christian Lynbechs Road to Lisp - I, Christian Lynbech, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Christian Nybø - I, Christian Nyb�?, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Conrad Barski - I, Conrad, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Constantine Vetoshev - I, Constantine Vetoshev, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Damien Sullivan's Road to Lisp - I, Damien Sullivan, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- DARose -
- Dave Pearson - Dave Pearson is a Person who likes to knock out the odd bit of
- David Golden's Road to Lisp - I, David Golden, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- David Mercer - I, David Mercer, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- David Rush - I, David Rush, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Donald Fisk's Road to Lisp - I, Donald Fisk, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Doug Tolton's Road to LIsp - I, Doug Tolton, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Drew McDermott - I, Drew McDermott, do nostalgically offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Edi Weitz' Road to Lisp - I, Edi Weitz, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Eduardo Muñoz - Eduardo Muñoz is a Mechanical Engineer and a Lisper
- Erann Gat's Road to Lisp - Describe Erann Gat's Road to Lisp here
- Eric Hanchrow - I, Eric Hanchrow, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Erik Enge's Road to Lisp - I, Erik Enge, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Erik Winkels's Road to Lisp - I, Erik Winkels, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Gabor Melis's Road to Lisp - I, Gabor Melis, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Gareth McCaughan's Road to Lisp - I, Gareth McCaughan, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Gary King's Road to Lisp - I, GaryKing, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Gary Klimowicz's Road to Lisp - I, Gary Klimowicz, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- GeoffCant - I, Geoff Cant, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- GeoffKnauth - Geoffrey Knauth's Road to Lisp
- Gordon Weakliem -
- HackerGene - I, HackerGene, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Ivan Toshkov's Road To Lisp - I, Ivan Toshkov, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Jacek Generowicz - I, Jacek Generowicz, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Jochen Schmidt - I, Jochen Schmidt, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Jock Cooper -
- Joel Ray Holveck - I, Joel Ray Holveck, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- John Pallister's road to Lisp - I, John Pallister, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- John Williams - I, John WIlliams, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- JP Massar - Describe JP Massar here
- Justin Dubs - I, Justin Dubs, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Karl K's Road to Lisp - I do amusedly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Kenny Tilton's Road to Lisp - I, Kenny Tilton, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Klaus Weidner's Road to Lisp - I, Klaus Weidner, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Larry Clapp's Road to Lisp - I, Larry Clapp, do solemnly offer these responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Lars Brinkhoff's Road to Lisp - Lars Brinkhoff's response
- Lars Wirzenius - I, Lars Wirzenius, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Lasse Rasinen - I, Lasse Rasinen, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Lennart Staflin - I, Lennart Staflin, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Louis Theran - I, Louis Theran, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Marc Mertens's Road to Lisp - Describe Marc Mertens's Road to Lisp here
- Marco Baringer's Road to Lisp - I, Marco Baringer, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mariano Montone - I, Mariano Montone, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mark Hurd - I, Mark Hurd, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mark Triggs - I, Mark Triggs, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mark Wilson - I, Person, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- MarkBrady - I, MarkBrady, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Martin Mikelsons - The Road to Lisp Questions
- Michael Naunton's Road to Lisp - I, Michael Naunton, do solemnly offer these responses to the The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mike Bobak - I, Michael Bobak, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mike Travers - I, Mike Travers, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Mikel Evins' Road to Lisp - I, Mikel Evins, with certain editing assistance from well-intentioned CLiki maintainers, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Myron Wu's Road to LISP - I, Myron Wu, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Nicolas Sceaux's Road to Lisp - Nicolas Sceaux's Road to Lisp
- Nikodemus Siivola'a Road to Lisp - Nikodemus Siivola'a Road to Lisp
- Nonya B's Road to Lisp - The Road to Lisp Questions
- Ola Rinta-Koski - I, Ola Rinta-Koski, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Pascal Costanza's Road To Lisp - I, Pascal Costanza, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Patrick Logan - I, Patrick Logan, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Paul Foleys Road To Lisp - I, Paul Foley, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Paul Graham's Road to Lisp - I, Paul Graham, do somnolently offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Paul Snively - I, Paul Snively, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- PaulKhuong's Road To Lisp - I, PaulKhuong, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Pekka P Pirinen - I, Pekka P
- Pete Kirkham - I, Pete Kirkham, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Peter Housel's Road to Lisp - I, Peter Housel, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Peter Santoro - I, Peter Santoro, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Peter Seibel's Road to Lisp - I, Peter Seibel, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Peter Van Eynde's Road to Lisp - I, Peter Van Eynde, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Rainer Joswig's Road to Lisp - I, Rainer Joswig, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Ralph Richard Cook - I, Ralph Richard Cook, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Reini Urban -
- Robbie Sedgewick's Road to Lisp - The Road to Lisp Questions
- RTL template - I, , do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- RtLMartinGinkel - A response to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Scott McIntire - I, Person Scott McIntire, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Sean Champ - I found out about Common Lisp, initially, thanks to the 'cl' elisp library and XEmacs
- Sebastian Stern's Road to Lisp - I, Sebastian Stern, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- SimonHeath - I, Simon Heath, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Sivaram N - I, Sivaram N, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Slobodan - I, Slobodan Blazeski, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Steven Harris' Road to Lisp - I, Steven Harris, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Tage Stabell-Kulø - Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Univerity of Tromsø, Norway
- Tayssir John Gabbour's Road to Lisp - I, Tayssir John Gabbour, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- The Road Jeff Caldwell Took - I, Jeff Caldwell, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Thomas F Burdick's Road to Lisp - I, Thomas ?
- Thomas Müller - I, Thomas Müller, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Thomas Stenhaug's Road to Lisp - I, Thomas Stenhaug, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- ThomasMunro - I, Thomas Munro, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey*:
- TimHaynes - I, Tim Haynes, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Tomer Altman - I, Tomer Altman, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- tony yelacic - I, tony, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Tristan Alexander McLeay's Road to Lisp - I, Tristan Alexander McLeay, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Vijay Mathew - I, Vijay Mathew, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- VikasGP - I, Vikas G P, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Vladimir Sedach - I, Vladimir Sedach, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- William Bland - Another response to The Road to Lisp Survey
- William Maddox - I, William Maddox, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Yuri Niyazov - I, Yuri Niyazov, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Lisp Survey:
- Zach Beane's Road to Lisp - I, Zach Beane, do solemnly offer these responses to the The Road to Lisp Survey:
See also the comp.lang.lisp thread Your Introduction To Lisp... from 2002.
And of course YoungLispers often mention how they got involved with Lisp.
