On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:00 PM Danilo Kordic <danilo.kor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'float' could be implemented as a lib. > yes, but the point here it is not at core and even having a float lib or whatever science lib, python is plenty of them and a nicer syntax it's not about me neither talking about (pico)lisp features and better syntax, I'm yet convinced 'cause I'm a schemer thus a lisper and I'm here in that list after all But most people don't think so and no matter how better and nicer I find the lisp syntax, the world thinks the opposite ;-) maybe you can find a killer app or even a killer science app leting picolisp shine but as soon as people has to program in picolisp (I mean scripting) they will feel uncofortable, they will always prefer R or python, just for syntax, not talking about huge amount of libraries and community support, developers should enjoy (pico)lisp facilities to develop and organice knowledge but as soon as had practical issue the lack of specialized libraries will make them comply thinking in wide spread python or ruby (just talking dynamic 'script' languages only)... It's not a problem of picolisp only, it's common to all lisp dialects and even cool minor languages... This is the reason for using lua for scripting rather than picolisp, guile or even tcl Also this is the problem for all lisp about their use in real apps, I see this in common lisp, in scheme, ... The only lisp-like with hype and relative wide use is clojure and one key reason is libraries (achieved by jvm side) And this is how it's gonna be... we live in the dictatorship of C-like syntax world! ;-) (damnification is not only in lisp world, same happen to smalltalk and derivatives, forth-like derivatives and so on)
