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Would you recommend Common Lisp as the lisp dialect for a new beginner and for an eventual hobby project? Do you recommend SBCL over other Common Lisp implement
by xianwen 6y ago
Would you recommend Common Lisp as the lisp dialect for a new beginner and for an eventual hobby project? Do you recommend SBCL over other Common Lisp implementations?
- varjag 6y ago(not the parent poster) Depending on the nature of your project. If it's some purely academic CS exploration, Scheme sometimes (but not always) allows you to express the concepts more eloquently. If it has to deal with practicalities of the broader world however, CL quickly takes over. The development experience is generally smoother in CL too. If you run your things on a major architecture (x86 or aarch64) SBCL is a great starting point. However on certain platforms other compilers are more feature complete.
- ungamedplayer 6y agoHowever most if what you write in one lisp can be ported over to another lisp without too much hassle.