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- 8Syntax can be an issue if it significantly affects readability or writeability. I don't think that's the case for Lisp. A good editor or IDE can do good enough syntax highlighting and paren matching to not be a big deal.Matt Olenik– Matt Olenik2010-10-04 22:36:04 +00:00Commented Oct 4, 2010 at 22:36
- 4Also, I've only used Lisp a little (Common Lisp), and the general feel I got was that #2 was the biggest benefit to Lisp. Maybe I'm thinking in the wrong paradigm, but I don't think I've ever had a situation where self-modifying code was necessary. If you have a specific reason to use it, then yes, but otherwise the macros seem like the real killer feature. Edit: Just realized these are, in fact, the same feature.Matt Olenik– Matt Olenik2010-10-04 22:37:45 +00:00Commented Oct 4, 2010 at 22:37
- 3@Matt: Yep. FWIW, I recently ran into Nemerle, a C#-ish CLR experimental language with macros. nemerle.org. It's worth poking at some point I think, just for the experience.Paul Nathan– Paul Nathan2010-10-05 04:59:11 +00:00Commented Oct 5, 2010 at 4:59
- 2"Pragmatism. CL is designed to get stuff done by working professionals. Most functional languages aren't, as a rule.": I do not agree with this statement. I am very interested in Lisp and trying to dedicate some time to learn it. But I find other FP languages also very effective for "getting things done", at least this has been my experience with Scala and Haskell up to now.Giorgio– Giorgio2012-10-29 13:01:43 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2012 at 13:01
- 1"CL is designed to get stuff done by working professionals. Most functional languages aren't, as a rule.": Can you elaborate on this? Especially on the second part of the sentence. Can you name a few examples?Giorgio– Giorgio2013-11-25 10:29:22 +00:00Commented Nov 25, 2013 at 10:29
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