Lisp or SCheme

From: "csledge" <sunilkjin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Jan 2007 10:09:38 -0800

Hi All,
I am new to functional programming. I would like to know
which is a better language to learn Lisp or Scheme. What are the tools
avaliable in open source env.
Thanks
Slash dot.

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