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The boilerplate code problem was solved by Lisp in the 1970s but we keep insisting on coming up with worse solutions because ‘parens look funny’
by fungiblecog 4y ago
The boilerplate code problem was solved by Lisp in the 1970s but we keep insisting on coming up with worse solutions because ‘parens look funny’
- nine_k 4y agoMostly because macros are unintuitive. But look, higher-order functions went mainstream a few years ago; immutable data structures, too. Sum types claw their way into mainstream, first to replace null, then for error handling. The industry is not hopeless. (are (excessively funny) (serialized (of (parse tree) structures)) though) ;; this limits direct Lisp adoption. Python and JS / TS took its place now.