Hy – A Lisp-flavored Python

Re:Hy – A Lisp-flavored Python by eggy on Thursday August 03, 2017 @06:38PM (#14924607)

I am a polyglot, so no, I don't find it unreadable. I would probably structure it differently.

I always wonder why Lisp never ceases to get singled out for parentheses when each language uses parentheses, braces, semicolons, colons, pipes, etc...

I program in C, Forth\Factor, Lisp/Scheme, Python, J, APL, F#, C#, Asm, Basic, Clojure and others. Each has their syntax and differences, and it just takes getting used to them.

I like Hy, but as the documentation says it is not Lisp or Clojure, but Homoiconic Python with that guiding and constraining its implementation. A lot of fun, really. I only get as much pleasure from J for play.

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Re:Hy – A Lisp-flavored Python by kazinator on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:38PM (#14926153)

> I always wonder why Lisp never ceases to get singled out for parentheses

POSIX shell:

   FOO=$(basename $(dirname $(cat file)))

Make:

   OBJS=$(foreach x,$(WHATEVER),\
           $(addprefix $(call BLAH,arg),....))

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