Re:The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem
by Ygg2 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:37AM
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> But adoption isn't either.
Gonna pushback on this. Adoption is proof of fitness to purpose in the Worse is Better way.
> Nix has steep learning curve
Not what I meant. I meant more in praise vs. how little you can see it in the wild.
> I am not ignoring them, I speak from my heart
I believe you speak from the heart, the same way I believe NixOS people speak from the heart. Or OpenBSD enthusiasts. The issue isn't the passion, but the way that passion biases you to overlook some corner.
I suspect in Lisp/Clojure case it's the lack of a large community and performance issues. Either the community is uninterested in making Lisp fast, too splintered or ignoring benchmarks.
Gonna pushback on this. Adoption is proof of fitness to purpose in the Worse is Better way.
> Nix has steep learning curve
Not what I meant. I meant more in praise vs. how little you can see it in the wild.
> I am not ignoring them, I speak from my heart
I believe you speak from the heart, the same way I believe NixOS people speak from the heart. Or OpenBSD enthusiasts. The issue isn't the passion, but the way that passion biases you to overlook some corner.
I suspect in Lisp/Clojure case it's the lack of a large community and performance issues. Either the community is uninterested in making Lisp fast, too splintered or ignoring benchmarks.