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Re:Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp by nickbauman on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:45AM (#23166820)
If you're not familiar with the JVM, I think this is a big ask for most people as far as ease is concerned. I have created a template on my github to use clojurescript with your typical NPM setup that would allow you to get started right away. I know of no equivalent in the JVM world mostly because of how tightly Oracle controls the download experience of the JDK.
Re:Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp by satya71 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:50AM (#23166854)
Well, Oracle JDK is a non-starter outside enterprise settings these days. You should be using Zulu or Corretto, and both are much easier to download.
Re:Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp by james-mcelwain on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:07AM (#23166994)
No, you should almost certainly be using openjdk, which oracle jdk is based off, unless you have a compelling reason an alternative implementation is better.
Re:Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp by satya71 on Friday May 15, 2020 @10:50PM (#23200060)
OpenJDK releases become unmaintained as soon as a new release comes out, not ideal for anyone who cares about stability. Zulu and Corretto backport bug and security fixes to supported releases.
Re:Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp by TJSomething on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:51AM (#23168125)
Zulu and Corretto are both distributions of OpenJDK.