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> Implementations of Lisp are no more niche than other languages with managed run-times." No more niche than Java, C# .NET and Python? Right... > Which member

by hu3 2y ago

> Implementations of Lisp are no more niche than other languages with managed run-times." No more niche than Java, C# .NET and Python? Right... > Which member of the Lisp family are you talking about, and what do you think is the niche? You can combine all of the Lisp family together and still it wouldn't scratch the popularity, demand or job positions of any of the top languages. Look, nobody denies Lisp'like languages are being used. Just like Fortran. :)

kazinator 2y ago
So what you mean by niche is actually popularity, and not a specific application area? Fortran has a niche: numeric computing in scientific areas. However, even Fortran is not your grandfather's Fortran 66 or 77 any more. I had a semester of the latter once, as part of an engineering curriculum before switching to CS. It supposedly has OOP programming in it, and operator overloading and such. I don't know modern Fortran, so I wouldn't want to look ignorant spreading decades-old misinformation about Fortran.