#2 The First Argument

First argument: Where Lisp expressions begin their journey.

After Opening Parenthesis, every expression needs a direction. The first argument is where action begins. In Lisp, it decides how the rest of the form unfolds. Similarly, in this party, we take our first collective step into doing, creating and evaluating together.

We’ve talked about Lisp features and philosophy before, but now it’s time to experience it. We’re moving from talking about Lisp features to actually thinking in expressions. We’ll explore what it means to think in parens. How every expression mirrors a thought and how evaluation is simply thought applied.

What we'll do?

We will casually explore expressions instead of steps, build small composable functions, play with REPL-driven examples and discover how core functions like map, filter and reduce work across all Lisps. Every expression holds a story of thought and action.

Get ready for a casual, hands-on Parens Party where we’ll tinker with expressions, mix and match small functions, jam on the REPL and watch code come alive as structure and art. Together, we’ll see that Lisp is not about syntax, but about shaping ideas structurally.

Eval yourself at the meetup: #2 The First Argument [Oct 19, 23:00 IST] - Let’s see what it evaluates to.

Every parenthesis you open is a thought waiting to be evaluated.