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Re:The Egison Programming Language by msla on Saturday April 29, 2023 @11:42PM (#35759521)
> So maybe key() and value() would be good, more descriptive names for them then.

My point is that they can be used in many different ways, and are, such that any mnemonic name would be misleading in some contexts.

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Re:The Egison Programming Language by galaxyLogic on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:16PM (#35767085)
They could have multiple aliases, and you could pick the one that fits the context
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Re:The Egison Programming Language by kazinator on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:19PM (#35768464)
By my estimation, it seems you've now spent about ∞× more time making suggestions how to improve Lisp than actually working in it.

Without working in in Lisp solidly for a good 6 months, you don't know where the actual pain points are.

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Re:The Egison Programming Language by galaxyLogic on Monday May 01, 2023 @04:12AM (#35770244)
What in your estimation are the actual pain points of Lisp?
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Re:The Egison Programming Language by kazinator on Monday May 01, 2023 @05:56AM (#35770804)
It depends exactly on which implementation and dialect we are talking about.

Mainly people sometimes report things lacking in the ecosystem. The number of people doing any kind of Lisp are relatively small.

If you're doing FOSS, you might find it hard to get collaborators and pull it solo.

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