Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously)

Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by erdos2 on Monday April 09, 2007 @03:09PM (#10924)

Here's a detailed link on setting up a scheme server (perhaps more detailed than many system admins would need). I'd err towards mod_lisp under Apache rather than run SISC Scheme under Tomcat, but this is a pleasant read: http://www.lisperati.com/quick.html

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by gibsonf1 on Monday April 09, 2007 @03:50PM (#10947)

Why did you decide to go with Scheme as opposed to Lisp? (I'm very curious about the pros and cons)

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by ido on Monday April 09, 2007 @05:40PM (#10981)

Scheme is a dialect of Lisp.

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by gibsonf1 on Monday April 09, 2007 @06:29PM (#10993)

I know - what benefits do you get from Scheme over CL?

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by ido on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @02:40AM (#11151)

I can't speak for the GP, but since it has been 11 hours and he haven't answered yet I'll give you my answer: it's mostly a matter of taste, or sometimes if there is a particular library/app/framework for one which you'd like to use.

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by ido on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @02:45AM (#11152)

I would also add that at least in my experience the Scheme community was much friendlier the the Common Lisp one. They don't particularly like novices over there and it is quite easy to get flamed if you're not careful enough...

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Re:Lisp for web apps? Tell me more.. (seriously) by ecuzzillo on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @10:20AM (#11261)

There are multiple CL communities. comp.lang.lisp famously sucks, but (for instance) #lisp isn't so bad.

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