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For the same reason as there are many algol-like languages. The production-ready lisps are: - Common Lisp: this one is standardized and the ecosystem is NOT f
by vindarel 4y ago
For the same reason as there are many algol-like languages.
The production-ready lisps are:
- Common Lisp: this one is standardized and the ecosystem is NOT fractured. Many implementations exist and work in parallel: SBCL, CCL, LispWorks, ECL, ABCL…
- Clojure (though there is also ABCL and I keep hearing good things about LispWork's Java interface)
- Schemes: some coming from university, with a fractured ecosystem.
Of course, nobody uses Arc for serious stuff (but we can have its syntax in CL and probably in Racket too).
- weatherlight 4y agoThere's also LFE which is rock solid and production ready. (Lisp Flavored Erlang) https://github.com/lfe/lfe https://github.com/lfe/lfe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LFE_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LFE_(programming_language)
- jonjacky 4y agoFor the same reason as there are many algol-like languages. I remember in the 1980s someone remarked that C and Pascal were more similar than Maclisp and Interlisp.