I think I'm the only one except Alex (at least publicly) who actually
took time to write a useful/largish web application (vizreader.com). I
wanted to see for myself what that would entail.
So vizreader is an RSS reader which shouldn't be too difficult, read
som XML, store it in a database and the
On January 13, 2012 at 5:49 PM Alexander Burger wrote:
> As I see it, the problem of acceptance lies on a deeper level:
>
> - Non-Lisp programmers don't like PicoLisp, _because_ it is Lisp.
> "Too many parentheses", and similar nonsense. Too different for
> them.
>
> - Lisp progr
Hi Damir,
> On raising popularity... I've taken the task of making default
> contact management app from Picolisp source look modern by taking
> CSS up a notch - and failed miserably.
>
> Reasons? A) css & html is mingled with code and B) I'm used to
> templates representing HTML, not functions (
Hi Jakob,
> I will not quote, because I did not make myself very clear I think.
> I am not proposing a PicoLisp editor for the sake of an editor, or
> the writing of extensive PicoLisp only libraries.
Yes, I understand. But my original mail was just about that.
> I argue, (or tried - unsuccessf
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Hi Jakob,
> =C2=A0Then a good chunk of examples using foreign libraries would help a lo=
> t.
> Seeing is believing. A little picolisp editor using gnome libs and gtk,
> an SDL game, a web client using CURL libraries and so on.
No. Not at all. I think this is a typical misunderstanding of the
Pic
On January 13, 2012 at 12:45 PM Alexander Burger wrote:
>
> As Henrik also wrote, nobody wants to reinvent the wheel. Very true. The
> intention of PicoLisp is to _avoid_ writing extensive libraries, and
> rather use existing libs implemented in other languages. For that,
> accessing external
Hi all,
from time to time, some people (hmm, to be exact, only Henrik so far ;-)
write that the main obstacle for the acceptance of PicoLisp is its lack
of libraries (e.g. [1]).
I must say that I strongly disagree. I never felt this to be a problem,
despite using it for decades of various kinds o
