Friday Social is back! So we know we are all Lisp programmers here and we love the language and use it.

But I am sure some of us work with other languages too. Like I have to work with C, C++, Python and a number of other languages to work on different projects. I am sure some of you do too.

So the questions for this Friday Social are:

  1. What Lisp programming languages do you use?
  2. What non-Lisp programming languages do you use?
  3. What is your favorite Lisp programming language? Why?
  4. What is your favorite non-Lisp programming language? Why?
  5. What is that one thing about your favorite non-Lisp language that you wish to see in your favorite Lisp language?

Happy Friday!

  • Paolo AmorosoEnglish
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    7 months ago

    1. What Lisp programming languages do you use?

    I use pretty much only languages in the Lisp family. Since I’m a hobby programmer I’m the boss and get to decide what tools to use.

    2. What non-Lisp programming languages do you use?

    None, at least regularly.

    3. What is your favorite Lisp programming language? Why?

    Interlisp and Common Lisp because my daily driver is the wonderful Medley Interlisp development environment, which supports both dialects.

    4. What is your favorite non-Lisp programming language? Why?

    AWK. I love its combination of simplicity, abstraction, control paradigm, and support for rapid development.

    5. What is that one thing about your favorite non-Lisp language that you wish to see in your favorite Lisp language?

    I wouldn’t necessarily want to see AWK or some of its features in Lisp. Some of these features are already in Lisp and, as for the others, I don’t mind dusting off AWK itself when needed.