Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by acalderaro » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by KirinDave » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 10:56 PM UTC

Clojure is, I think, still my most go-to Lisp.

You can argue Clisp is easier to get a quick project going with, but short of that rather old project nothing with a setup any less capable than "lein new" is going to compare for dashing something out real quick.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by kristianp » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 12:52 AM UTC

I'm using Chez Scheme for a side project. It supports R6RS.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by dontJudge » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 1:30 AM UTC

Javascript.

Cheating because it's not a lisp. But it was created by a schemer who originally put scheme in the browser (before he created javascript). Not what I prefer, but it's the most lisp-like language I actually use in real projects. The support for closures, lisp-1 invoking functions from variables, and dynamic typing feel very scheme-like.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by rurban » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 1:33 AM UTC

clisp mostly. Easier to use than sbcl, which mostly fails to install.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by bhk » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 2:40 AM UTC

SCAM, because it's mine.

https://github.com/bhk/scam/blob/master/intro.md

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by throwaway7645 » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 2:55 AM UTC

dontJudge wrote: post #4

Javascript. Cheating because it's not a lisp. But it was created by a schemer who originally put scheme in the browser (before he created javascript). Not what I prefer, but it's the most lisp-like language I actually use in real projects. The support for closures, lisp-1 invoking functions from variables, and dynamic typing feel very scheme-like.

I know there is no formal definition, but without homoiconicity provided by s-exps, it is hard to call it a lisp. Of course, it sounds like you're well aware of this. Do you use a lisp for hobby projects.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by throwaway7645 » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 2:56 AM UTC

kristianp wrote: post #3

I'm using Chez Scheme for a side project. It supports R6RS.

And should power Racket soon!

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by iLemming » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 3:12 AM UTC

Clojurescript. Because it works. Because it's not frustrating.

Re: Ask HN: Lispers: Which dialect of Lisp do you use and why?

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Post by na85 » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 3:14 AM UTC

rurban wrote: post #5

clisp mostly. Easier to use than sbcl, which mostly fails to install.

That's interesting, because I've never had sbcl fail to install from a package manager on linux, BSD, or Mac.