There are two “ecosystems” at topic here: the language you’re writing code in, and the environment that it’s being executed in. In this case, you’re writing Hy

There are two “ecosystems” at topic here: the language you’re writing code in, and the environment that it’s being executed in. In this case, you’re writing Hy that’s executed in a Python language environment, that allows you to tap into its entire ecosystem with Hy (in a similar way like Clojure and the JVM). These types of “alternative front ends” are a great way to bridge the gap for a new language. As such, for Hy’s target audience, I think it’s not as much “ditch a new language” as it is “I have to use Python for $reason, but I want something more like CL”. A good example of this would be any machine learning related work. Last but not least, I would expect that on HN we focus a bit more on “what could make Hy even better” rather than “what other languages are better than Hy”.