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C macros are just a text preprocessor. You could run the C preprocessor on a text file and have the result be Python code. Comments might be a little tricky, but it's doable. Or yo…

> I loved Lisp, but none of the lisps have anything like Python's ecology. Try Hissp ( https://github.com/gilch ). Lisp programming and Python's ecosystem.

No commits for a year? https://lolg.it/amber/amber Is it dead?

Python is great for API discovery. `dir()` and `help()` are builtins. Use the REPL.

That is the right answer. While some comparisons have been written already, they're somewhat out of date. Hissp could use a new writeup. Let me know if I can answer any questions a…

As the Hissp author/maintainer, I'd be interested in hearing about your take on Hissp's practicality (or lack thereof) in more detail.

Not accurate as worded. Python caches module imports in `sys.modules`, so all imports get the same one. A `reload()` will reuse the same dict object that was being used as the modu…

What? Yes you can. I do it all the time. import code; code.interact(local=vars(foo)) where `foo` is the module object you want to set as current. This launches a subREPL in that mo…

You might be interested in Hissp, a Lisp with access to the breadth of libraries available to Python. https://github.com/gilch/hissp

> I would certainly take Python's huge ecosystem over Lisp's metaprogramming. You can have both with Hissp. https://github.com/gilch/hissp

A class of old-school AIs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system I made a small one that classified dinosaurs in school.

> wanted to expand beyond python. [...] Have been trying to learn about Lisp lately and feel like I've come to a similar dead end. If you're already comfortable with Python, check …

I didn't really like "Learn You a Haskell". "Haskell Programming from First Principles" or "Haskell from the Very Beginning" might be more accessible.

> I'm interested anything else strange from the lisp world if people have references. Hissp just released version 0.4.0. It compiles Python tuples to Python expressions and has mul…

Clojure has had pretty remarkable stability over the years. Maybe Common Lisp even more so, since it's based on a standard that hasn't been updated.

One can learn a lot about programming by talking to ChatGPT. Sure, it has a bad habit of making stuff up, but you can run the code to see if it works.

> And last but not least, what should I do about the fact that I have never used smartphones (iPhone/Android) and I have no interest in them, when the vast majority of my students …

It occurred to me that ChatGPT (or the like) might be able to help students find their mistaken assumptions without taking as much of your time, at least if it's in a well-known la…

If I could send a message to my past self on the topic, I might have told myself to start with Common Lisp, Scheme, Python or Smalltalk (maybe Squeak), rather than the BASIC, C++, …

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What, specifically, is lacking?

There's also Hissp. You could start out in readerless mode (it's still Python!) and introduce Lissp afterwards as a convenience.

You don't have to go it alone. Hissp does have documentation (which is pretty thorough) if you want to try, but there's also a community chat on Gitter/Matrix: https://gitter.im/hi…

The misleading part wasn't from me. I'm trying to correct a common misconception here. Both "multiple" and "lines" are wrong. Lambdas can't have single statements either. The body …