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Land of Lisp- The Music Video!

A playful music video promoting the book Land of Lisp, with a song about Lisp programming.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN shares it as a fun, cheerful introduction to Lisp culture that people say they rewatch.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
lisperati
Topic
lisp programming culture
Format
music
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
7
Recommendation years in dataset
2013–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Land of Lisp is fun, and the video is a must![0]; I also really like Norvig's PAIP (Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming, available for free now on GitHub[1]). PAIP shows ways of programming in Lisp that really are unlike what I've seen in most other …

    eigenhombre on Hacker News · 2022-06
    In A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  • > Compared to Symbolics CL looks like a mess at least from reading the books. Which books, may I know? The Common Lisp Hyperspec is one of the best reference manuals for a programming language, ever. But it is not a tutorial nor a how-to …

    flavio81 on Hacker News · 2017-08
    In Answers from 2017 Common Lisp experts
  • Barski's music video[1] might give some more flavor to PG's comment. Brightens my day every time I watch it. [1] [VIDEO]

    eigenhombre on Hacker News · 2021-05
    In The Lisperati1000 is a cyberdeck terminal dedicated to Lisp programming

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