Hi, On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 at 18:27, Aniket Patil <aniket112.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sent patches for gnu/packages/cran.scm. I am planning to add more > variables to cran.scm file. Meanwhile, I am writing my final outreachy > application. I am thinking about translating guix or gnu docs in Indian > languages, which I know. Also, as an emacs user, who is trying to > understand lisp to get comfortable around emacs, I was a bit confused > about whether shall I learn lisp first or guile first? What do you suggest?
Nice! Thank you. About translation, you should discuss with Julien (roptat) because they is managing a new Weblate to help in this area. About learning Lisp, Emacs Lisp or Scheme/Guile, the answer depends on your background about programming: Do you already know a language? If yes, which one? Did you do « Scientific Programming » (applied maths, e.g., linear algebra &co.) or « Algorithmic Programming » (e.g., implement sort, tree, data structure, etc.)? With no Lisp background, pedestrian material about Emacs Lisp: <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eintr.html> and about Scheme/Racket: <https://htdp.org/2020-8-1/Book/index.html> otherwise, suggestion really depends on the above questions. :-) All the best, simon
