Re: Introduction

[Jimmie Houchin]

Thanks to all who reply/replied.

To me dev mailing lists like this one create a community. I like things 
that make it personal. I have been on many mailing lists long enough 
that I know most all the players. I also know something about them as 
people.


Like now I know that chri enjoys funny cat videos.

I know that Lisp is commonly a destination and generally not a starting 
point. I know there are many who would love to use Lisp but do not get 
the opportunity because technical decisions are made by someone else. 
Fortunately, I get to make the technical decisions for myself. My only 
requirement is that the tool be able to accomplish the task. I see very 
little that PicoLisp can't accomplish with the exception of programming 
directly to the hardware as in drivers and such. I could even be wrong 
there. :)


I am glad this is a friendly community. I read off and on comp.lang.lisp 
many years ago. Sometimes Erik Naggum was helpful, sometimes not. He was 
brilliant but not in social matters. RIP Erik.


Again thanks to all for welcoming me into your community.

Jimmie


On 05/24/2017 02:20 PM, Christophe Gragnic wrote:

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Jakob Eriksson  wrote:

I enjoyed the writeup

I did too. Sometimes I really enjoy unnecessary things.
Like this video, that I could watch several times in a row:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7aruKYkKs
laughing to tears.

Welcome to this list Jimmie.


chri




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Re: Introduction

[Christophe Gragnic]

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Jakob Eriksson  wrote:
> I enjoyed the writeup

I did too. Sometimes I really enjoy unnecessary things.
Like this video, that I could watch several times in a row:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7aruKYkKs
laughing to tears.

Welcome to this list Jimmie.


chri

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Re: Introduction

[Jakob Eriksson]

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 
> 
> 
> 2017-05-24 17:27 GMT+02:00 Jimmie Houchin  >:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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Re: Introduction

[Joh-Tob Schäg]

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 :

> 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
>
>
>
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