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Re:What modern, high level programming language should I use? by earenndil on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @10:40PM (#15867449)
Lisp (common lisp or scheme. Clojure running on the jvm precludes writing your own reasonable-speed vm, and there are no other mainstream lisps.)
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Re:What modern, high level programming language should I use? by earenndil on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:01AM (#15867959)
You could use clojure, though, if you're willing to make your language compile down to jvm bytecode instead of implementing your own vm.
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