I enjoyed the writeup On 2017-05-24 21:00, Joh-Tob Schäg wrote: > 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 <http://freenode.net> > > > 2017-05-24 17:27 GMT+02:00 Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com > <mailto: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 > <mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de>?subject=Unsubscribe > >
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