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Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

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Except that the name "chicken" is already taken: google search: "chicken programming language" returns: #1 Chicken (scheme implementation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_%28scheme_implementatio... #2 CHICKEN Scheme http://www.call-cc.org/

I was also dismayed to find out that rather than being a mainstream post about my favorite little scheme... I'm greeted by an esoteric language of the same name.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

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Great prototype. To scale, you will need to implement egg.

But then he would run the risk of confusing future programmers "Now, which comes first..."

What matters more is which ships first.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

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post #12

Except that the name "chicken" is already taken: google search: "chicken programming language" returns: #1 Chicken (scheme implementation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_%28scheme_implementatio... #2 CHICKEN Scheme http://www.call-cc.org/

I was also dismayed to find out that rather than being a mainstream post about my favorite little scheme... I'm greeted by an esoteric language of the same name.

It looks fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for - I know Racket rather than Scheme, though, how different are the two languages?

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was also dismayed to find out that rather than being a mainstream post about my favorite little scheme... I'm greeted by an esoteric language of the same name.

It looks fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for - I know Racket rather than Scheme, though, how different are the two languages?

I read quite a good interview with Chicken Scheme's author a few months ago. Here's the link which might be of interest:

http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/05/02/chicken-scheme-part-...

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

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post #12

Except that the name "chicken" is already taken: google search: "chicken programming language" returns: #1 Chicken (scheme implementation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_%28scheme_implementatio... #2 CHICKEN Scheme http://www.call-cc.org/

I don't think this language is called 'chicken' but rather 'chicken chicken', which is a bit confusing. I expected some kind of extension language built on top of chicken scheme but no, just no scheme and way more chicken.

It might be funny to also have a 2 symbol language called 'duck duck goose' where statements are terminated by 'goose' or something. I can't see any confusion between that and, say, duck duck go either!

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