Common Lisp book still apropos?

From: "Zach" <netrek@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30 Mar 2007 07:47:59 -0700

I would like to begin learning LISP soon. I have the book, "Common
LISP: The Language" by Guy L. Steele, Jr., printed in 1984 by Digital
Press (ISBN 0-932376-41-X). I'm wondering if this is a good book for
learning LISP. Is the content very much in agreement with the ANSI
LISP standard? And if not how much does it deviate and in which
topical areas? I have just downloaded the "Lisp in a Box" so I will be
using SBCL as my Lisp compiler.

Regards,
Zach

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