A Few General Resources On Scheme and Lisp For Beginners

The first thing to remember is that, while we call it "Mosquito Lisp", it is most closely related to that implementation of Lisp called "Scheme". Thus, while an understanding of Common Lisp may be useful, the best place to start for a beginner is with resources on Scheme, and this manual and reference.

Places To Learn About Scheme:

While none of these related directly to Mosquito Lisp, the basic concepts of how to create and use S-Expressions and form them into programs, along with some of the core procedures of Mosquito, are essentially the same.

Places To Learn About Lisp:

If you want to "get under the hood" a little more, and satisfy your curiosity about Common Lisp (the parent of both Mosquito and Scheme), we recommend: