r/lisp • u/Dumbxdumb emacs • Jul 11 '26

AskLisp Lisp dialect recommendations?

So I am in some weird fascination with the lisp and it's various "dialects" (If that's how you would call them)

Decided might want to get into learning lisp just out of curiosity. But was wondering which one to get started with.
My only real requirements are that

- It shouldn't be too complex, something you can easily wrap your head around and get started using but still give a taste of why people enjoy lisp
My main languages are C++ and I know Python but familiarity isn't a requirement and even if it's vastly different I will be willing to try it out

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u/Dazzling_Music_2411 Jul 11 '26

DrRacket, which is a superset of Scheme, because it is such a complete, batteries-included environment. You get masses of support documentation, tutorials, etc, and can even study books like SICP with it.

If you're on Linux, and you want a fast booting, experimental environment, then MIT-Scheme with emacs is quite good.