I second that. I think technical questions are entirely appropriate on this list.. indeed, they should be welcomed. comp.lang.lisp really is doing poorly these days. I wish there was a better "central Lisp hangout" -- something like arclanguage.org/forum, but for Lisp generally, not just a specific dialect. Vish On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Justin Giancola <justin.giancola@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi David,

While this list isn't typically used for simple technical questions, I don't see why it couldn't be. I myself wouldn't mind answering questions or providing guidance where I am able to.

Justin

On 25-Sep-09, at 4:52 PM, David Penton wrote:

...

Ok, great & thx.

I am frustrated with a few things as I progress down my learning path. Frustration is, of course, usual and unavoidable when learning a new language. It appears to me that the effect is amplified by the fact that lisp = paradigm shift relative to algol / c languages, which is my background.

Anyway, here is my query:

      Where should one go to ask *dumb* lisp questions?

I have looked at comp.lang.lisp but it is sooooo full of spam that I don't know what to do about it. I have tried various news readers, but the spam filtering is either poor, or the documentation on setting up spam filtering is *incomprehensible*. The Google Groups archive is likewise full of spam-shit. Maybe I should ignore the spam and forge ahead?

I could give examples of problems I am having, but I don't thing including them in this post is appropriate.

Any suggestions? IRC or something? Does the toronto-lisp list deal with simple techical/newbie questions?

TIA.

- Dave -

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