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What am I looking at here? And what is it for?
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Clojure is more than just a Lisp for the JVM – it is a Lisp for the JVM with a big focus on immutable data structures – whereas traditionally most Lisps put mutability first instead. There are other Java-based Lisps, such as Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL), which are more traditionally Lisp-like in this regard. I think Hy is more of a traditional Lisp, since it shares Python's native focus on mutable data rather than t…
That! Clojure is an elegant experiment with immutability. The implementation details of Clojure's datastructures are a pure joy to look at. JVM is an unfortunate choice as I see it, but it's a pretty solid system which is benefiting from decades of research on JIT, GC, etc, so not entirely unreasonable as a back-end. I have few good things to say about Python, other than it sort of works. I classify it in the big-sac…
Wonder why not syntax totally common lisp so one does not need to change with switch to turn on certain or full Hy features. It is a bit confusing this partially Python partial Common Lisp then throw in a “!” for defmarco …
If someone thinks the Hy mascot, Cuddles the Cuttlefish, looks awfully familiar to a certain crustacean mascot, you would be correct! They are both drawn by Karen Rustad Tölva! https://www.aldeka.net/
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That! Clojure is an elegant experiment with immutability. The implementation details of Clojure's datastructures are a pure joy to look at. JVM is an unfortunate choice as I see it, but it's a pretty solid system which is benefiting from decades of research on JIT, GC, etc, so not entirely unreasonable as a back-end. I have few good things to say about Python, other than it sort of works. I classify it in the big-sac…
Clojure is definitely more than an experiment. It processes many millions of dollars daily through things like banks and even at Walmart. It might not be used a lot , but experiment is not accurate at all. You didn't flesh out your comment about Java, they used to also transpile to C# and still to Javascript. I think Java's fast memory allocator is particularly suitable to the immutable data structure memory requirem…
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think of it as clojure to java, even without embodying the whole lisp ethos, it gives you a lispy base to write python code, plus extra niceties (threading -> IIRC) plus you get to benefit from paredit under emacs
Clojure is more than just a Lisp for the JVM – it is a Lisp for the JVM with a big focus on immutable data structures – whereas traditionally most Lisps put mutability first instead. There are other Java-based Lisps, such as Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL), which are more traditionally Lisp-like in this regard. I think Hy is more of a traditional Lisp, since it shares Python's native focus on mutable data rather than t…
As a Clojurist I think it behooves us not to put on gatekeeping airs (because we’re up against those too).