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Both really, since interop with PHP is pretty easy so you can use those native features in a lispy way.

• Zak 16y ago
  Do you believe there are or will be good reasons to choose Pharen over Scheme, Common Lisp or Clojure in a situation where one isn't forced in to using a PHP backend? With Clojure, for example, I consider the baked-in concurrency models and data structures very valuable, but haven't had much cause to care that it runs on the JVM.
  • Scriptor 16y ago
    That's a really good question. The main case I can see is if someone is already familiar with PHP and its deployment and doesn't want to learn another language/platform. It might also be useable for basic scripting tasks (the compiler has an --executable flag that adds a PHP hashbang to the top of a script). Other than that Pharen is still pretty new and nowhere near the same level as mature lisps. Making debugging and interop with 3rd party libraries easier are the main long-term goals, so maybe after that it'll be at least a little viable.