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When I wrote this essay, Clojure was beginning to show its chops. You're right, the success of Clojure has made Lisp armchair theorizing obsolete. I'm a littl
by winestock 11y ago
When I wrote this essay, Clojure was beginning to show its chops. You're right, the success of Clojure has made Lisp armchair theorizing obsolete. I'm a little tired of the essay, but I keep it up because I still get e-mails praising me for it (cf. the volunteers who made translations linked at the bottom of the page).
- ktRolster 11y agoI'd have to say that another reason Lisp hasn't taken off is because hygienic macros are a pain to write.....
- fishopart 11y agoI used to think that, but alexandria:with-gensyms is pretty nifty. I think the lesson I learned is that every syntax pain point is a macro waiting to be born.