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Most of the programming language Y to language Z requires the user to know more Z than Y. Kind of losing the point there. Everything's not only about making po

• Foxboron 13y ago
  Hy was originally a project to show "Hey, see how awesome Python & AST is!". Lisp being an easy choice to implement. Just awesome it have turned into something actually use able and fun to code with.
  • anaphor 13y ago
    One use for such a thing I can think of is to use it as a reference for teaching basic parsing techniques. E.g. have a project for an undergrad course where they learn how traditional recursive descent parsing works, and then they get to implement an s-expression parser (possibly to a simplified version of the python AST).
• prodigal_erik 13y ago
  For a Lisp fan, merely learning another language is fine. It's the need to actually use that other language day to day that creates a lot of obvious wasted repetitive effort and friction. Without macros, much of what the software industry produces is essentially macro expansions done by hand (sometimes called "plumbing" or "infrastructure").