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Everything Picolisp can do, and more

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Re: Everything Picolisp can do, and more

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Post by mijoharas »

So, one thing I'm not seeing obviously in this list of articles (which seem great in general!) is an explanation of how picolisp contrasts to other lisps? Something explaining why I might reach for picolisp instead of, say, scheme or common lisp?

Can anyone share something showing that, or explaining a little bit more about picolisp for someone unfamiliar with it? (I thought the pros/cons list on the page might describe it a little more, but it didn't make things immediately clear to me).

Re: Everything Picolisp can do, and more

#12

Post by lithos »

mijoharas wrote: post #11

So, one thing I'm not seeing obviously in this list of articles (which seem great in general!) is an explanation of how picolisp contrasts to other lisps? Something explaining why I might reach for picolisp instead of, say, scheme or common lisp? Can anyone share something showing that, or explaining a little bit more about picolisp for someone unfamiliar with it? (I thought the pros/cons list on the page might descr…

Yeah LISP has major issues of "that's neat, what happens when you try IO". Anything from drawing on the screen, connecting to a socket, or even nonterminal keyboard input ends up being such a pain.

Re: Everything Picolisp can do, and more

#14

Post by anonzzzies »

lithos wrote: post #12
mijoharas wrote: post #11

So, one thing I'm not seeing obviously in this list of articles (which seem great in general!) is an explanation of how picolisp contrasts to other lisps? Something explaining why I might reach for picolisp instead of, say, scheme or common lisp? Can anyone share something showing that, or explaining a little bit more about picolisp for someone unfamiliar with it? (I thought the pros/cons list on the page might descr…

Yeah LISP has major issues of "that's neat, what happens when you try IO". Anything from drawing on the screen, connecting to a socket, or even nonterminal keyboard input ends up being such a pain.

Not talking about pico as i don't have experience with it, but not sure what you mean in relation to something like common lisp or racket? Those things you mention are trivial in both. I know racket is more scheme than lisp.

Re: Everything Picolisp can do, and more

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Post by iLemming »

lithos wrote: post #12
mijoharas wrote: post #11

So, one thing I'm not seeing obviously in this list of articles (which seem great in general!) is an explanation of how picolisp contrasts to other lisps? Something explaining why I might reach for picolisp instead of, say, scheme or common lisp? Can anyone share something showing that, or explaining a little bit more about picolisp for someone unfamiliar with it? (I thought the pros/cons list on the page might descr…

Yeah LISP has major issues of "that's neat, what happens when you try IO". Anything from drawing on the screen, connecting to a socket, or even nonterminal keyboard input ends up being such a pain.

Are you sure you're not confusing Lisp with Haskell, because I'm not sure at all what the heck you're talking about.
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