This is the document [0] we maintain for new Lisp hackers at Rigetti, where we use Common Lisp to build open source quantum software development tools. Following that, here’s the rundown of some basic Lisp nomenclature and how to edit in Emacs [1].

The article isn’t bad, but it also doesn’t provide you with a sustainable way to develop Lisp; interactive and incremental development together form a great proportion of value of using the language in the first place.

[0] https://github.com/rigetti/qvm/blob/master/doc/lisp-setup.md

[1] https://github.com/rigetti/qvm/blob/master/doc/editing-and-r...

(PRs are welcome!)