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>Hash tables in vanilla Common Lisp are a nightmare I seriously disagree with such a statement. Also, i feel confused that a lisp being a Lisp-2 could be an "
by flavio81 9y ago
>Hash tables in vanilla Common Lisp are a nightmare
I seriously disagree with such a statement.
Also, i feel confused that a lisp being a Lisp-2 could be an "issue". Separate namespaces for functions, symbols, classes, labels and so on is great, because they dramatically simplify naming things, which is one very important task for writing clean, readable, maintenable code.
- threatofrain 9y agoAfter using a Lisp for awhile I've come to feel that privileged symbols improves ability to mentally acquire some code. It was an okay learning journey, but it left me hungering for an easier FP language, and it also solidified my intuition that simple is both easy and hard at the same time, and Lisp is simple.