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That's some good points about Lisp. I did know about the fact that code is data (everything is a list) and so Lisp programs can write programs, parse their own
by vram22 11y ago
That's some good points about Lisp.
I did know about the fact that code is data (everything is a list) and so Lisp programs can write programs, parse their own code more easily than other languages can, etc.
Didn't know the reader was programmable. Do remember reading a PG article, where I think he said in Lisp, reading can be done compile or run time, compiling at read or run time, and so on - all 3 possibilities. Not sure what the uses of those are though, since I don't know Lisp much. Find it interesting, though, for sure. I've read some of Practical Common Lisp by Peter Seibel, and parts of a few other small tutorials. Do you have any other recommendations? Also, what Lisp would you recommend for someone learning it, in the early stages?
Didn't know about the backquote facility or that point about the Lisp condition system. Will check it them.
Thanks for all the info.
- stray 11y ago> Also, what Lisp would you recommend for someone learning it, in the early stages? I'm partial to Common Lisp and I think it fits the brain pretty easily. But Racket is a good choice too. There is a nice, friendly development environment and plenty of libraries and learning materials. > Do you have any other recommendations? Sure. Check out SNOBOL: http://www.snobol4.org http://www.snobol4.org Oh, and Pharo Smaltalk is definitely worth looking at, imo.
- vram22 11y agoThanks for the answers and suggestions. Will check some out.
- vram22 11y agoJust remembered, I had tried out the Icon language some years ago, for a while. Interesting, and had some unusual features. Just saw in the SNOBOL Wikipedia article that it influenced Icon (and also Lua). And Ralph Griswold was involved in both languages, SNOBOL and Icon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Griswold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Griswold