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Can I just say that the introduction to Lisp you made in your README.md is really good! I keep trying to get into Lisp (and JavaScript, and TypeScript, etc etc

Can I just say that the introduction to Lisp you made in your README.md is really good! I keep trying to get into Lisp (and JavaScript, and TypeScript, etc etc) but I've been a sysadmin my whole professional life and also a chronic pain sufferer. That translates into mostly having energy only for work and that's it, not much motivation to learn after work or on the weekend. In my DevOps job, I write Terraform, plus read javascript and cloudformation yaml. I do wish I could convert my current stuff to AWS CDK, but I don't want to fragment the multiple projects that are using Terraform. (I haven't looked into tf-cdk much at all yet)

sillysaurusx 5y ago
Not mine! That was all Scott Bell. It's forked from Lumen: https://github.com/sctb/lumen https://github.com/sctb/lumen But, I did make an interactive tutorial here: https://docs.ycombinator.lol/ https://docs.ycombinator.lol/ If you have any questions about it, I'd be happy to answer. This stuff is pure fun mixed with a shot of professionalism. For what it's worth, as someone with narcolepsy, I relate quite a lot to your chronic pain. (https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1392213804684038150 https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1392213804684038150) For me, it mostly translated into wandering aimlessly from job to job, since I thought no one would have me. I hope that you find your way -- there's nothing wrong at all with taking it slow and spending years on something that takes others a few months. Everyone is different, and it's all about the fun.
- mh- 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing this. I didn't expect to read that whole gist but I did and I'm glad I did. Happy for you.
- markrages 5y ago
  Does "-5e4" really evaluate to "-5000" in this language?
  - sillysaurusx 5y ago
    Hah! Good catch! That readme typo has been in there since Lumen’s inception. It evaluates to -500000, as you’d expect. (Just kidding, it’s -50000. Amusingly, the https://docs.ycombinator.lol https://docs.ycombinator.lol version gets it right, since it has to; every expression is actually evaluated in the browser.)

sillysaurusx 5y ago

Not mine! That was all Scott Bell. It's forked from Lumen: https://github.com/sctb/lumen https://github.com/sctb/lumen But, I did make an interactive tutorial here: https://docs.ycombinator.lol/ https://docs.ycombinator.lol/ If you have any questions about it, I'd be happy to answer. This stuff is pure fun mixed with a shot of professionalism. For what it's worth, as someone with narcolepsy, I relate quite a lot to your chronic pain. (https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1392213804684038150 https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1392213804684038150) For me, it mostly translated into wandering aimlessly from job to job, since I thought no one would have me. I hope that you find your way -- there's nothing wrong at all with taking it slow and spending years on something that takes others a few months. Everyone is different, and it's all about the fun.

mh- 5y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I didn't expect to read that whole gist but I did and I'm glad I did. Happy for you.
markrages 5y ago
Does "-5e4" really evaluate to "-5000" in this language?
- sillysaurusx 5y ago
  Hah! Good catch! That readme typo has been in there since Lumen’s inception. It evaluates to -500000, as you’d expect. (Just kidding, it’s -50000. Amusingly, the https://docs.ycombinator.lol https://docs.ycombinator.lol version gets it right, since it has to; every expression is actually evaluated in the browser.)