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We are getting to the stage now where a lot of languages are catching up with the features that lisp had in the 70's, so the huge benefits of lisp aren't quite

by weavie 9y ago

We are getting to the stage now where a lot of languages are catching up with the features that lisp had in the 70's, so the huge benefits of lisp aren't quite as obvious as they used to be.

flavio81 9y ago
>so the huge benefits of lisp aren't quite as obvious as they used to be They still haven't caught up. I don't find any other language that gives at least 3 of these features - Fully interactive development -- i can recompile/redefine a function while the code is running - Fully interactive OOP development -- i can recompile/redefine a class while the code is running - OOP system based on multiple dispatch/multimethods - true metaprogramming done using the same language's syntax, not a special, cumbersome lib. - execution speed on par with the JVM and sometimes approaching C speed.