Sounds like it's time for: A Beginners' Meta FAQ for comp.lang.lisp:
http://nostoc.stanford.edu/jeff/llisp/cllfaq.html The purpose of this page is to help those new to Lisp (aka. "newbies") gain some background before they enter the fray of comp.lang.lisp (c.l.l). This is not a complete Lisp FAQ! Once you have a sense of Lisp and of how c.l.l operates you should have no trouble finding all the additional information you need, either by your own search efforts or by asking the community. If you have issues with any of the below please do not send me email. Rather, post on c.l.l in the weekly thread where this is announced (heading: "*** C.L.L README/FAQ ***"). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list