Re:Ask HN: what's up with HN and Lisp?
by mindcrime on Sunday February 13, 2011 @02:53PM
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Do you use Lisp/Clojure? On core projects at work? On utilities or side projects at work? On serious personal projects? On small personal projects?
Not yet. I've only recently started making a concerted effort to learn Clojure; so I haven't written any "production" Lisp yet.
Do you aspire to or want to use Lisp/Clojure? Why? Learn something new? See if you experience some of that wonderfulness that everyone talks about?
Yes, and for all of the reasons you mention. I've been hearing about how incredible and productive Lisp is, so I want to find out first-hand if it really lives up to the hype or not. If it does, then maybe using Lisp (via Clojure) could actually represent a real competitive advantage.
Do you know others who are serious Lispers? Are you reading HN and assuming that there are lots of serious Lispers out there? (I am.)
I really don't know anybody personally who I would call a "serious Lisper." But I do know some other people who have gotten on the Clojure bandwagon and are learning Clojure.
Is Lisp really seeing the kind of interest and usage suggested by the submissions? Or is HN groupthinking about Lisp?
Not yet. I've only recently started making a concerted effort to learn Clojure; so I haven't written any "production" Lisp yet.
Do you aspire to or want to use Lisp/Clojure? Why? Learn something new? See if you experience some of that wonderfulness that everyone talks about?
Yes, and for all of the reasons you mention. I've been hearing about how incredible and productive Lisp is, so I want to find out first-hand if it really lives up to the hype or not. If it does, then maybe using Lisp (via Clojure) could actually represent a real competitive advantage.
Do you know others who are serious Lispers? Are you reading HN and assuming that there are lots of serious Lispers out there? (I am.)
I really don't know anybody personally who I would call a "serious Lisper." But I do know some other people who have gotten on the Clojure bandwagon and are learning Clojure.
Is Lisp really seeing the kind of interest and usage suggested by the submissions? Or is HN groupthinking about Lisp?
Who knows?