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Dynamic typing and garbage collection are kind of inherent to being a lisp. Without those you just have C or Java but with sexprs.
by Konohamaru 4y ago
Dynamic typing and garbage collection are kind of inherent to being a lisp. Without those you just have C or Java but with sexprs.
- speed_spread 4y agoYou still get homoiconicity from the syntax which is nice since you can easily transform data into code into data into code into data... At build time. Metaprogramming in C or Java is not fun. It's either code generation integrated with the build system, preprocessor (yuck), annotations processors or runtime weaving. Which all suck at different levels.
- Konohamaru 4y agoFair point. 99% of the pain of C and Java comes from their clunky build system.