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Inspiring stuff. What is the favorite Lisp platform of the moment? Say you want to integrate with a Linux-Python-AWS shop if that matters. Any external API --

Inspiring stuff. What is the favorite Lisp platform of the moment? Say you want to integrate with a Linux-Python-AWS shop if that matters. Any external API -- crypto, aws, json -- we'd love to have it in Lisp natively, but whatever we'll wrap the c lib via FFI.

reikonomusha 5y ago
For the work I do, I use - SBCL as the compiler - Emacs and SLIME for the editor/IDE - Quicklisp for package management - SBCL’s built-in static executable compiler for deployment, or sometimes docker if that happens to be more convenient - Practical Common Lisp for training; Paradigms in AI Programming for taking a trained Lisp programmer “minting” a better Lisp programmer For individual libraries, there are too many to name. I like yason for JSON, Hunchentoot for web servers, Postmodern for Postgres/SQL, cl-sqlite for SQLite, fiasco for testing, etc.
sillysaurusx 5y ago
You could go the opposite route, and run Lisp in your favorite language. Here's a Lisp in JavaScript and Lua: https://github.com/sctb/lumen https://github.com/sctb/lumen Integration is easy because there's no integration. You can just call whatever functions you'd normally call.
- gilch 5y ago
  Here's a Lisp in Python: https://github.com/gilch/hissp https://github.com/gilch/hissp
  - nuclearnice3 5y ago
    This embedding idea has potential. On a related note, I enjoyed these Peter Norvig essays on writing a LISP in Python. https://norvig.com/lispy2.html https://norvig.com/lispy2.html
- reikonomusha 5y ago
  It’s really a shame that “lisp” is such a generic term, because different lisp dialects have wildly different programming experiences. Common Lisp, which is what I generally mean when I say “Lisp” can be embedded in any language that speaks C with Embeddable Common Lisp.
- bjoli 5y ago
  If the s-expr was the only thing we meant when we say "we like common lisp" that would indeed be a good solution. It isn't, though, and the experience I have had with languages like that is usually no different than the one I have with python or lua - but with the added benefit of being able to at least use macros.

reikonomusha 5y ago

For the work I do, I use - SBCL as the compiler - Emacs and SLIME for the editor/IDE - Quicklisp for package management - SBCL’s built-in static executable compiler for deployment, or sometimes docker if that happens to be more convenient - Practical Common Lisp for training; Paradigms in AI Programming for taking a trained Lisp programmer “minting” a better Lisp programmer For individual libraries, there are too many to name. I like yason for JSON, Hunchentoot for web servers, Postmodern for Postgres/SQL, cl-sqlite for SQLite, fiasco for testing, etc.

sillysaurusx 5y ago

You could go the opposite route, and run Lisp in your favorite language. Here's a Lisp in JavaScript and Lua: https://github.com/sctb/lumen https://github.com/sctb/lumen Integration is easy because there's no integration. You can just call whatever functions you'd normally call.

gilch 5y ago
Here's a Lisp in Python: https://github.com/gilch/hissp https://github.com/gilch/hissp
- nuclearnice3 5y ago
  This embedding idea has potential. On a related note, I enjoyed these Peter Norvig essays on writing a LISP in Python. https://norvig.com/lispy2.html https://norvig.com/lispy2.html
reikonomusha 5y ago
It’s really a shame that “lisp” is such a generic term, because different lisp dialects have wildly different programming experiences. Common Lisp, which is what I generally mean when I say “Lisp” can be embedded in any language that speaks C with Embeddable Common Lisp.
bjoli 5y ago
If the s-expr was the only thing we meant when we say "we like common lisp" that would indeed be a good solution. It isn't, though, and the experience I have had with languages like that is usually no different than the one I have with python or lua - but with the added benefit of being able to at least use macros.