Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by Bootwizard on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:37PM
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I'm a software engineer that mostly works on the front end of things, but from school and various jobs I have experience in:
C, C++, Python, C#, Java.
Mostly object oriented (distributed systems and game dev), and some embedded development.
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by aeorgnoieang on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:46PM
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JavaScript is, probably somewhat surprisingly, a pretty LISP-y language, tho without the parentheses.
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by debug-desperado on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:08PM
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Lispy in the "processing lists" is easy and natural sense, but not in the more powerful "homoiconicity=code is data and data is code" sense.
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by kbp on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:39PM
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When people say that, they mostly just mean that it has lexical closures, I think.
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by aeorgnoieang on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:42PM
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You're right about the 'homoiconicity' but there's more LISP-iness to JavaScript beyond just "processing lists" too.
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by lioeters on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:32PM
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For others curious about this possible connection, here's Douglas Crockford on the LISPiness of JavaScript.
The Little JavaScripter https://www.crockford.com/little.html
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by btxxa on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:08PM
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You mean modern JS, no?
Re:Ask HN: Why is everyone here so obsessed with Lisp?
by aeorgnoieang on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:26PM
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No, even the original language was pretty LISP-y.
It would help to get a better idea of your current context with regards to programming. What’s your experience so far? That will help frame the discussion.