Re:Racket: Lisp for Learning
by bitwize on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:42PM
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I evaluated Paredit while it was being developed. I thought it was a massive boon to working with Lisp.
Then, one day, I turned it off. I'm not sure why.
I think it's because I didn't want to get too attached to it. I reasoned that Paredit wouldn't always be in the places I was working with Lisp, so I had better remain flexible enough to not need it. And between the editor's paren matching and the way I format my Lisp code, I can be pretty productive in Lisp without Paredit or a similar structural editing tool.
Also, AFAIK Paredit is pure Elisp, so should work just fine in Windows.
Re:Racket: Lisp for Learning
by sdegutis on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:58PM
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The modifier key positions are different on an Apple keyboard vs a PC keyboard, so my muscle memory is completely broken when using Windows since I got used to them on Mac.
Then, one day, I turned it off. I'm not sure why.
I think it's because I didn't want to get too attached to it. I reasoned that Paredit wouldn't always be in the places I was working with Lisp, so I had better remain flexible enough to not need it. And between the editor's paren matching and the way I format my Lisp code, I can be pretty productive in Lisp without Paredit or a similar structural editing tool.
Also, AFAIK Paredit is pure Elisp, so should work just fine in Windows.