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> So time to learn python (remaining) is 0, compared to non-zero for CL. I don't understand your point. The time to learn Python for someone who knows Python i
by distcs 3y ago
> So time to learn python (remaining) is 0, compared to non-zero for CL.
I don't understand your point. The time to learn Python for someone who knows Python is 0, obviously. But then the time to learn CL for someone who knows CL is also 0. What's your point?
I wanted to find out whether others who have learnt both Python and CL also find CL easier to learn than Python like I did.
Your answer tries to be clever but ignores my actual question!
- magicalhippo 3y ago> What's your point? Perhaps that the number of people who already know Python is significantly larger than those who already know CL? For example, the intro to programming classes that physicists take (ie those that might end up writing HPC code) at the University I went to has been Python-based for well over a decade.
- ravi-delia 3y agoI definitely found Python easier to learn, although now I find common lisp easier to use (Commas are terrible, and for what- infix syntax?). But in terms of why the README might say that not everyone has time to learn common lisp, my point was that it's just an obvious truism that more language bindings increases the potential userbase. To someone who already knows python, python bindings make using Petalisp that much easier. To someone who doesn't know Python, well then they can pick up Python or CL at their leisure.