On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 04:34:23PM +0000, Loyall, David wrote: > This is a guess: the original asker is more familiar with Common Lisp than > picolisp. > > So, a fair answer would be to describe picolisp in terms that CL users are > familiar with. > > Sorry, I'm not qualified to do that myself. But, here are some notes for > others: > > * picolisp is a VM and the mechanics of that VM aren't hidden from the > programmer--everthing is implementation specific. > > * the picolisp implementations are first class citizens, the picolisp > language is second class. > > * A CL specification exists and it is important.
Agreed to all :) > (Is there a picolisp specification? Since I don't know, it probably isn't > important...) I would say there is: The files doc/structures64 and doc/ref.html > * one implementation is canonical: amd64 Meanwhile, I feel, the arm64 implementation the is primary one. > * picolisp was made mostly by one person. > > * picolisp is small, light, and elegant. T ♪♫ Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe
