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> Here is a condensed list: I don’t find that list very compelling. Longevity in particular isn’t very interesting given that Scheme has gained very little gro
by weberc2 7y ago
> Here is a condensed list:
I don’t find that list very compelling. Longevity in particular isn’t very interesting given that Scheme has gained very little ground in 60 years. That seems like an indicator that there is something wrong. I would sooner use Python or JavaScript, which are familiar to programmers in general and which have gained lots of traction in their respective lifetimes.
> S-expressions do both.
Right, that’s the problem. :)
> That is an unexpected thing to say about an acronym that stands for "Infrastructure as Code." You cannot get automation out of static data.
It’s a matter of architecture and separation of responsibilities. The IaC technology takes static data and automated the creation, mutation, and deletion of the resources specified therein. The client generates that flat data by evaluating a program over some inputs.