Lisp or Ocaml?

[Psionicist]

I'm getting tired of C and x86 assembly and I want to try something new. I have basically two options:

1) I learn Lisp (common or scheme) now and Ocaml later.
2) Above reveresed.

Suggestions?

 

[RyanL]

I don't know Ocaml, so I have to go with Scheme.

-Ryan

 

[smetzger]

Ahhh Lisp ..... You never forget your first language.

 

[Destil]

Lisp is too much fun not pass up!

 

[Mortaneus]

Ahh...LISP.....

Lots of
Irritating
Superfluous
Parenthesis

 

[Psionicist]

Ocaml is pretty cool. Very weird syntax at first but it's quite logical.

Euclid's algorithm for example:

[color=#FFFFCC]
let rec gcd a b =
    let r = a mod b in
        if r = 0 then
            b
        else
            gcd b r
[/color]

 

[Chris Tavares]

OCaml regularly wins the IFPC (International Functional Programming Contest) - I don't recall seeing much LISP there.

Either will serve you in good stead, though - go with whichever environment provides the things you need to best learn them. Just don't expect to make much of a living at either ;-).