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Not anymore, today Common Lisp is generally a very nice language that balances dynamicity and performance quite well, and especially shines in interactive (or R
by mepian 6y ago
Not anymore, today Common Lisp is generally a very nice language that balances dynamicity and performance quite well, and especially shines in interactive (or REPL-driven) development: https://mikelevins.github.io/posts/2020-12-18-repl-driven/ https://mikelevins.github.io/posts/2020-12-18-repl-driven/
- User23 6y agoAlso popular implementations do some cool things. The compiler section in the SBCL manual[1] has good details. SBCL's type inference is powerful and you can also convince yourself it's actually working by looking at the output of DISASSEMBLE. [1] http://www.sbcl.org/manual/index.html http://www.sbcl.org/manual/index.html
- wry_discontent 6y agoClojure is my only serious exposure to lisp, and I get jealous when hearing about features like a `breakloop` in Common Lisp.
- codr7 6y agoWhy not give it a spin? There is plenty more to discover in Common Lisp, Clojure has some nice tricks but it's a faint echo as far as raw power goes. http://www.sbcl.org http://www.sbcl.org
- vseloved 6y agothere's an interesting recent video on the differences between Cl and Clojure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Q9ew9JH_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Q9ew9JH_U