While your long write-up is certainly welcome it is also unnecessary in my humble opinion. We gladly welcome you in the community. Just visit the IRC-channel #picolisp on freenode.net
2017-05-24 17:27 GMT+02:00 Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com>: > Hello, I just want to take an opportunity to introduce myself to the > community. > > I have for a long time been interested in learning a LISP, but was not > aware of one that was active and practical. I would research every few > years but never found one. I do not know how I missed finding PicoLisp. > But, I am glad to have found it. > > I explored Clojure several years ago, but I just have a very hard time > embracing Java. When I opened a Clojure REPL and see the 3-400mbs of ram. > It was too much. And I looked again for some other active and practical > LISP. The only thing I can think of for not seeing or remembering PicoLisp > is if I encountered it when it was GPL. I attempt to avoid almost any GPL > software for development. I am very grateful that you changed the license > to MIT, otherwise I would still be looking. > > I am not a professional programmer. But I have spent significant time > programming. I started with Prograph CPX in 1994. I then learned Python and > have dabbled with many things, but have spent most of my time with > Squeak/Pharo Smalltalk. > > I am really looking forward to learning PicoLisp and hope that I find > myself capable. It looks to be a very nice combination of features. > > I love the idea of it being a simple LISP. > I love the idea of being able to learn most all of the system, libraries > and interpreter. > I love the idea of having a complete application framework, language, > database, gui. > I love the fact that it is small, fast and efficient. > It looks like a place someone could make a home. > > Thank you Alexander for blessing the world with your creation. I pray it > brings you many blessings in kind. > > Shalom > > Jimmie Houchin > > > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe >
