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This is really cool, surprised it has so few stars and I've never seen it talked about here. I like the LISPs but I've always thought not having a CPython type
by jimbo9991 4y ago
This is really cool, surprised it has so few stars and I've never seen it talked about here. I like the LISPs but I've always thought not having a CPython type thing was a bit of a deal breaker for making it a go-to "primary" language that I would use everyday.
I'm definitely going to try with Janet though.
- masklinn 4y ago> I've always thought not having a CPython type thing What cpython type thing? Do you mean a rich(er) set of built-in datatypes? Because lots of lisps have that, some (e.g. clojure) also have reader macros for pseudo-literals. Even Scheme has had a built-in hashmap since R6RS (2007), and R5RS implementations usually provided hashmaps even if they were not spec-defined. Common Lisp has had a hashmap more or less all along (at least since before ANSI standardisation)
- iLoveOncall 4y ago> surprised it has so few stars and I've never seen it talked about here Why? It's a niche language in a dated syntax, with use cases already covered by other languages. You will downvote because you don't like that, but it doesn't make it less true.
- xigoi 4y agoHow is the syntax dated? I'd argue that S-expressions are timeless.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago((Oh,) (I (don't (know.))) (Just (a (random (thought (I (got.))))
- xigoi 4y agoHow(is(it(different(from(C-style(function(calls)))))))?