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Looks cool! I wonder: what's the rationale for it exactly?
by escherize 8y ago
Looks cool! I wonder: what's the rationale for it exactly?
- sctb 8y agoThe core idea was to explore Lua's table-ness in a Lisp, with JavaScript along for the ride for browser support. I think it was an interesting experiment—interesting enough to possibly continue exploring in a more “serious” implementation, if someone were so inclined.
- dang 8y agoThe idea came from wondering what a Lisp-like language might look like if you based it on 'everything is a table' instead of 'everything is a list'. A few old comments where this came up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2554764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2554764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3291065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3291065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6544926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6544926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11677344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11677344