Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Danilo Kordic
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 23:06 Davide BERTOLOTTO wrote: > After all these years I am still wondering how people like complicated > sintaxes full of special forms more than the simplicity of lisp. After all, > the parentheses and the prefix notation do not look so terrible to me, > especially

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Davide BERTOLOTTO
After all these years I am still wondering how people like complicated sintaxes full of special forms more than the simplicity of lisp. After all, the parentheses and the prefix notation do not look so terrible to me, especially considering that you gain a lot in clarity and simplicity of the

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread pd
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 5:00 PM Danilo Kordic wrote: > 'float' could be implemented as a lib. > yes, but the point here it is not at core and even having a float lib or whatever science lib, python is plenty of them and a nicer syntax it's not about me neither talking about (pico)lisp

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Eric, On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 05:31:13PM +0100, cilz wrote: > Hence I kind of agree with Alex below, for me > there's nothing to add yet to Picolisp, but to > the documentation or IMHO provide some more > "full" examples Right. Perhaps we should say "more explanations" instead of

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread cilz
Hello guys, I' m just a hobbyist here, but if you're ok, this is my 2 cents. As it has already been written by many, Picolisp has already many features that are IMHO killing features: - simplicity - the integrated web server + client library, - the integrated NoSQL database + the

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread andreas
Yeah, you mean some commercial or FOSS products with the opportunity for PicoLisp programming/consulting/service business around it. My company does that since 2015, and it's our main source of income since 2018. Currently its customized business applications (so similar to the business model of

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
I'm just saying that it would be nice to have a Picolisp app that has a real demand and a little ecosystem around it ... Like e.g. Moodle or some CMS system, that probably have an ecosystem of PHP programmers around them, and many organisations using them (with need for some support). For them

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Hi Alex, Alexander Burger schrieb am Di., 23. Feb. 2021, 09:33: > Hi Thorsten, > > > Maybe we should sponsor Alex (3 month work?) to build that "killer app" > > with the clear goals > > Hmm, no need to specially sponsor me, but thanks for the proposal! > > The problem is that such an app would

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
I thought interfacing with important data science libraries would be a pro, but of course it has to be done first, it's quite a lot of work and not always that easy, even if it's C, not to mention C++. I guess you are right about the popularity of Lisp ... pd schrieb am Di., 23. Feb. 2021,

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread C K Kashyap
I also believe that the simplicity of PicoLisp by itself is a "killer app". I've explored several languages in the past but PicoLisp is the only one that allowed me to understand the implementation of the language all the way (I still have to work on the external symbol bit :) . I was so used to

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Manuel Cano
Hi, That's surely because it isn't made in Picolisp! :D Kind regards, Manu El mar, 23 feb 2021 a las 10:32, Alexander Burger () escribió: > Hi all, > > sorry for the multiple mails! Seems I have a DNS problem on > the server ... > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:18:57AM +0100, Alexander Burger

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi all, sorry for the multiple mails! Seems I have a DNS problem on the server ... On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:18:57AM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi Thorsten, > ... -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Thorsten, > Maybe we should sponsor Alex (3 month work?) to build that "killer app" > with the clear goals Hmm, no need to specially sponsor me, but thanks for the proposal! The problem is that such an app would probably not be accepted by those millions of (data) scientists. As always, Lisp

Re: Picolisp Outlook

2021-02-23 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Thorsten, > Maybe we should sponsor Alex (3 month work?) to build that "killer app" > with the clear goals Hmm, no need to specially sponsor me, but thanks for the proposal! The problem is that such an app would probably not be accepted by those millions of (data) scientists. As always, Lisp