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Agree with all your points... I really hope these are addressed because Julia would actually make a fantastic general-purpose language. I really wish there was

by noam87 9y ago

Agree with all your points... I really hope these are addressed because Julia would actually make a fantastic general-purpose language. I really wish there was something like a high-performance Elixir out there... which is basically lisp with modern syntax and package management.

throwaway7645 9y ago
There is always someone claiming language"x" is a lisp with modern syntax, but that is simply not true. I'm not sure if there is a good definition of lisp, but homoiconicity is essential and to my knowledge only in languages like lisp (scheme, common lisp, racket...etc) and Rebol. Yes Elixir has a REPL and metaprogramming and the super awesome messaging model of Erlang, but it is not a modern lisp, rather a modern Erlang in my opinion. Note: I'm not a lisp user (I have dabbled) and am not arguing superiority, just that it's an apples to oranges comparison.