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Tcl shares a little with the lisp family. Not just being mostly homoiconic, but also the feelings one gets when learning it. I went from "this syntax is a mes
by jjnoakes 10y ago
Tcl shares a little with the lisp family.
Not just being mostly homoiconic, but also the feelings one gets when learning it.
I went from "this syntax is a mess" in my junior developer days to "aha! it is so powerful" once I grokked it, for both languages.
Few other languages really gave me that stark contrast in perspective once I had that moment.
- sdegutis 10y agoThat's because most languages have roughly equivalent / familiar syntax, thus you don't start out saying "this syntax is a mess" to begin with.
- jjnoakes 10y agoYou also don't get the aha! moment either. At least, not in most mainstream languages.
- kazinator 10y agoWith regard to Lisp, I went from "finally, a syntax that is incredibly clean and well-designed" to "aha! it is so powerful".