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   by tisue 12y ago

   Yes, but there are big differences too; see the "Compared to other Logos" section at http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/programming.html#sy...
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   by tisue 12y ago

   Yes, NetLogo is lexically scoped, and it has first-class functions (we call them "tasks") and higher-order functions. But it isn't homoiconic (unlike e.g. Berkeley Logo) so it doesn't really qualify as a Lisp IMO.
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   by tisue 12y ago

   Saw two great talks about PureScript at Strange Loop last week, one by the language designer, Phil Freeman, and another by Bodil Stokke. Both the language and — almost equally importantly! — the accompanying book seem really well done to me