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> I choose Lisp for projects that benefit from Lisp Are there any examples you have of projects or types of problems that benefit from Lisp? I've been "learni
by nnadams 5y ago
> I choose Lisp for projects that benefit from Lisp
Are there any examples you have of projects or types of problems that benefit from Lisp?
I've been "learning" Lisp on and off for a while, but I always end up going back to more familiar languages.
- reikonomusha 5y agoIt’s hard to be categorical but for me: compilers, mathematical software, autonomous or long-running software, high-performance code, data structure-heavy code. Some of my former colleagues might try to convince you Lisp is a great choice as a backend language. I agree that it’s a great choice in isolation, but I don’t have tons of experience using other tech to build extensive APIs with tons of layers. A little more meta, but Lisp can be a great choice if a project can only afford a handful of developers. Lisp can give you the “bang for buck” in terms of code output/productivity and comprehensiveness of the solution to a problem.
- agumonkey 5y agosome quantum computing lab made a lisp thing for their needs to me the value of lisp is that everything is almost fully open beyond the primitive bits (if, cons, atoms, native types ...) all the rest is customizable so if you need something deeply new and deeply alien .. you'll have near zero resistance from lisp