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As someone who is really, really new to Lisp (worked through the Little Schemer, now in Seibel's "PCL", just started learning about this QuickLisp thing that yo
by jgw 15y ago
As someone who is really, really new to Lisp (worked through the Little Schemer, now in Seibel's "PCL", just started learning about this QuickLisp thing that you might have heard about... ;)), I've been wondering about the whys and wherefores of the Reddit switch.
Do you think that if Reddit developers were faced with the same decision today, that the progress you mention might indeed push the pendulum the other way?
- zachbeane 15y agoI don't know. There are still a lot of things for which CL has no well-tested, widely-used, out-of-the-box solution, and someone looking for a reason to use another system can pretty easily find it. The situation is improving, though, and will continue to improve as long as people scratch CL itches instead of switching to something else.