[HN Gopher] Land of Lisp (2010)
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Land of Lisp (2010)
Author : rg111
Score : 62 points
Date : 2022-01-08 19:50 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| behnamoh wrote:
| Somehow lisp reminds me of Android and Linux. Too much
| flexibility and openness makes for a fractioned ecosystem that is
| hard to adopt by the masses.
| taeric wrote:
| Agreed with the sibling that this is an odd take.
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| As I often point out, though; I don't think we have any real
| insights as to what makes something that will be adopted by the
| masses. Outside of throwing effort at it.
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| Too many of us in the technical space get caught on the idea of
| throwing that effort at the solution and the problem. You can
| also throw effort at the actual adoption by the masses. That
| is, market outreach and general sales.
| GavinMcG wrote:
| This is a bizarre take. Android is the most-adopted mobile OS
| in the world.
| [deleted]
| FullyFunctional wrote:
| Funny, but the premise is insane: that Lisp is ful of things that
| are done better elsewhere and that Lisp is the weapon against
| bugs. I worked professionally in Lisp (Scheme) and this is 100%
| false. In my experience dynamically typed languages (incl. Lisp,
| Python, and Smalltalk) will absolutely be more bug prone than a
| good typed language (like Haskell or Rust) on non-trivial
| programs.
| nu11ptr wrote:
| I've always wanted to try Lisp but the fact that it is
| dynamically typed has always scared me away (and my experience
| with dynamically typed languages is the same - they are bug
| magnets). Rust is my go to and I don't think that will change
| any time soon.
| tosh wrote:
| Simple but refined, guaranteed to blow your mind!
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM1Zb3xmvMc
| parentheses wrote:
| just wow! great comic
| civilized wrote:
| What was the point of that comic? That Lisp has no bugs?
| lbj wrote:
| I never understood why that video didn't make it onto MTV.
| nu11ptr wrote:
| Ha - that neat little music video is good marketing. I'm half
| tempted to try the book based on that. The only thing really
| stopping me is that I hate dynamically typed languages, but still
| I wonder if I shouldn't try Lisp just to "complete my education".
| dang wrote:
| Some past related threads:
|
| _Land of Lisp (2010)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19677292 - April 2019 (80
| comments)
|
| _The Land of Lisp_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15417735 - Oct 2017 (135
| comments)
|
| _How Lisp is Going to Save the World_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5030803 - Jan 2013 (229
| comments)
|
| _Land of Lisp_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3481456 -
| Jan 2012 (7 comments)
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| _Land of Lisp_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3013673 -
| Sept 2011 (6 comments)
|
| _Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video._ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1836935 - Oct 2010 (108
| comments)
| podiki wrote:
| It is a fun book to get started with (Common) Lisp! We need more
| fun, but instructive, books like this.
| ojl wrote:
| Yes, books introducing languages by implementing fun
| applications, like games in this case, usually helps me keep
| motivation and interest longer than other kinds of
| "Introduction to .." books.
| ignoreusernames wrote:
| Lisp is awesome, but I wish more places used regional pricing for
| online purchases. It's kinda crazy paying 40 dollars for an ebook
| since it's almost 1/5 of our minimum monthly wage (Brazil)
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