Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

Which LISP?

Journal by turgid

Which LISP should I learn? Years ago I read about Scheme and wrote some hello world level code. I learned about lambda functions and currying. I also looked at racket. A few years ago, much of my day job involved the JVM and I was getting sick of Java so I got a book on Clojure, which is a very nice language, but I never wrote any.

A few days ago I downloaded and built the latest version of DrRacket.

Should I go straight to Haskell? Or what about other functional languages? Is Erlang worth a look?

I need something stimulating to distract my brain from the mundane nature of everyday life, and mediocre programming languages.

 

Reply to: Re:F#

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 27 2021, @02:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 27 2021, @02:32PM (#1199984)
    Sounds like you've gone a bit bored with coding, but are thinking that a different language will "spice things up a bit" with its novelty.

    Instead, you could look further afield. Find something completely unrelated to programming, or even computers. There's a crapton of stuff that needs to be done in the real world that isn't getting done because the pandemic is causing a shortage of volunteers and an increase in demand. Animal shelters, food banks, delivery to shut-ns, daily phone wellness checks, suicide prevention hotlines, walk a dog, get a dog, etc.

    Getting away from the keyboard and reconnecting with humans will probably be sufficient to make your current languages interesting again because they won't be boring any more due to over-exposure. Plus you'll feel better about yourself and your place in the world.

    That's in contrast to the usual suspects who spend all day fucking around arguing on this and other sites because they literally have nothing better to do.

Post Comment

Edit Comment You are not logged in. You can log in now using the convenient form below, or Create an Account, or post as Anonymous Coward.

Public Terminal

Anonymous Coward [ Create an Account ]

Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!


Score: 0 (Logged-in users start at Score: 1). Create an Account!

Allowed HTML
<b|i|p|br|a|ol|ul|li|dl|dt|dd|em|strong|tt|blockquote|div|ecode|quote|sup|sub|abbr|sarc|sarcasm|user|spoiler|del>

URLs
<URL:http://example.com/> will auto-link a URL

Important Stuff

  • Please try to keep posts on topic.
  • Try to reply to other people's comments instead of starting new threads.
  • Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
  • Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about.
  • Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated. (You can read everything, even moderated posts, by adjusting your threshold on the User Preferences Page)
  • If you want replies to your comments sent to you, consider logging in or creating an account.

If you are having a problem with accounts or comment posting, please yell for help.