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If lisps are that good why there's so little killer software written in it? With rare exceptions like emacs and clojure's datomic I feel like such a lauded lan
by epolanski 3y ago
If lisps are that good why there's so little killer software written in it?
With rare exceptions like emacs and clojure's datomic I feel like such a lauded language should have more to show.
And yet, there's comparatively much more killer applications written in php alone than all lisps combined.
I am proficient in several lisps by the way (Racket, CL, Emacs Lisp, Scheme) and honestly every time I need to start a "serious" project I just feel like any other language depending on the use case is a better fit.
- JaDogg 3y agoPopularity does not mean good. Also I assume most killer apps use right tool for the job - For example in a corporate setting with multiple developers something like Java would be better. I speculate the following - if there are few developers who love lisp, then all can try to mob program a lisp code base -- multiple cursors, same time (code review and development all happen parallel). (Not sure if such an editor exists) This would be a good way to maintain a lisp code base I think (speculation). (Compared to Java where you can work mostly alone and make a mess and it will still work somewhat OK)
- bitwize 3y agoVisual Studio Code can do that, Emacs it'd be harder. But not many Lisp programmers are interested in working that way as I understand it.