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AleCx04
6y

Spent the entire weekend playing with Common Lisp and Clojure.

There is something about these dialects that just clicks on my brain and makes reasoning about certain problems much easier than in other languages.

St least to me, these languages are quite a powerful academic excercise when studying different approaches to programming.

And the parens look pretty to me. I really want to know why these languages attract me so much.

Ima see if i can make room for clojurescript.

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i love lisp

lithp ith awethome
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  • 3
    6y
    Oooooor learn ocaml like a real man
  • 2
    6y
    @ganjaman what makes you think I don't know Ocaml already?

    Who am I kidding I don't know ocaml
  • 0
    6y
    @24th-Dragon i have tried them both and was very keen on them. I liked the idea of a purely functional language as it was with Haskell. But found it best as an academic excercise since without the proper mindset(which I don't have) i was at a disadvantage.

    I really like Elixir. I have a heavy background in Ruby, so a lot of the language feels comfortable enough for me. I looked into it more when AlexDelarge mentioned it sometime in the past and really liked it.
  • 1
    6y
    Welcome fellow Clojurian. If you need any advice, just ping me. Clojure is not as academic as you might think - I use it in multiple applications and libraries and have a full stack saas written in Clojure.
  • 1
    6y
    You might be interested in a series of articles called Lambda the Ultimate (just search it up). Shows you common patterns implemented using lambda calculus. Also, another series called Functional Pearls.

    Also, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is seriously one of the best books to learn programming from, and it uses Lisp/Scheme.
  • 0
    6y
    @felbit i appreciate it man!! I will most definitely hit you up!! Being able to run clojure in real life solutions sounds amazing!!
  • 1
    6y
    @RememberMe familiar with a of em :D i even own several printed books on scheme and lisp as well!!(and only one from clojure)
  • 1
    6y
    @RememberMe and maaan I am so excited to see fellow lispers in here :D
  • 1
    6y
    If you get a bit comfortable with the syntax of common lisp, try the book "On LISP" by Paul Graham to witness the full power of the language. It's a hard one to fully comprehend in its entirety, but it's worth its time.
  • 0
    6y
    @Teabagging4Life got that one as well!!! It was because of Paul Graham that i went with lisp
  • 0
    6y
    @AleCx04 likewise, man!
  • 1
    6y
    @AleCx04 cause if u knew ocaml our recruiter would have hunted you down already
  • 0
    6y
    @ganjaman so they good with contracting into a different country?
  • 0
    6y
    @AleCx04 my nda is pretty much just "shut the fuck up" but guess
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