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What I’ve Learned From Programming In Lisp
- systems 19y agoI learned I lean toward being a purist. I learned that uniformity in good (by uniformity I mean the everything is a list feature). I also learned that if you are mildly obsessive compulsive, (counting) the brackets will drive you crazy, and you will just give up. Which led me to learn that if a language achieve type uniformity without syntax uniformity, it will be awesome, it will have all the goodness of lisp but with more forgiving syntax
- tac-tics 19y agoA local lisp implementation in my community saved an entire boatful of drowning puppies! Lisp is awesome!
- tel 19y agoI learned that using code as data is more powerful than anyone who hasn't used Lisp can understand. Unfortunately, most languages make it a pain in the ass. I long for macros almost every time I program something in Python.
- henning 19y agoi think Smalltalk was more of a mindfuck than Lisp.
- tx 19y agoI learned that having a powerful cross-platform standard library was more invaluable than I previously thought. :-)
- gibsonf1 19y agoI learned that coding in Lisp is almost as enjoyable as designing Architecture (the building kind).