12:17:17drlAlfr_, pve, |3b| , Xach, I went through all your advice again step by step. Alexandria now loads, and my program compiles. Thank you! Your help is very much appreciated.
15:08:39beachWhat sources of Lisp-related information are you using, besides this channel?
15:12:58xzax_[m]This for now https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/
15:14:04beachI see. That book is good if you have little or no experience with other languages. For those with experience, we often recommend PCL.
15:14:11beachminion: Please tell xzax_[m] about PCL.
15:14:11minionxzax_[m]: look at PCL: pcl-book: "Practical Common Lisp", an introduction to Common Lisp by Peter Seibel, available at http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ and in dead-tree form from Apress (as of 11 April 2005).
15:15:46beachxzax_[m]: And do you have your environment set up so that you can work correctly?
15:23:34beachxzax_[m]: Oh, I almost forgot: welcome to #lisp. And for truly elementary questions, there is also #clschool. This channel is not really meant for newbie questions, but such questions are tolerated. If they get too elementary, you may get redirected to #clschool, depending on how busy this channel is.
15:26:04xzax_[m]beach: Thank you. I understand ill join clschool in addition
15:28:03beachOne more piece of information you may find useful: Those channels are fairly slow during the weekend, because many participants have families and they are busy doing other things. But there is almost always someone you can get help from, no matter your time zone.