If you are into exploring programming languages or writing interpreters, lisp is quite an interesting language. I can also see it working quite well if you need to embed a small scripting language somewhere, because it's so minimal and easy to pick up, but also very powerful if you go into the metaprogramming side of it.
I don't see many reasons to use it for anything else though.
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FizzyOrange@programming.dev · 12 pts · 41d
This doesn't explain why you'd want to use Lisp at all really, and it pretty much ignores the many disadvantages.
tetrislife@leminal.space · 9 pts · 41d
I have come to think that Lisps are meta-progranming-only languages.
Supercrunchy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 41d
If you are into exploring programming languages or writing interpreters, lisp is quite an interesting language. I can also see it working quite well if you need to embed a small scripting language somewhere, because it's so minimal and easy to pick up, but also very powerful if you go into the metaprogramming side of it.
I don't see many reasons to use it for anything else though.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 41d
Because you hate yourself?
SuperUserDO@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 41d
I will always remember the CS class I took that was taught in Lisp (it was the only class in that program that used Lisp).
It convinced me I did not want to do software engineering for my career.
Staff@piefed.world · 3 pts · 41d
littleomid@feddit.org · 4 pts · 41d
Lisps are elegant and one of my favorite languages to hack with.
NanoooK@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 41d
Thank you for sharing, it was an interesting read.