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Yash Tulsyan  
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 More options Jan 13 2012, 12:39 am
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From: Yash Tulsyan <yashtuls...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:39:04 -0800
Local: Fri, Jan 13 2012 12:39 am
Subject: Re: Recommendations of other types of Lisp
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Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Dec 20, 1:30 pm, Matthew Leach <matt...@mattleach.net> wrote:
>> Hi there,

>> I have begun to learn lisp by using Emacs and I would like to look at
>> branching out a little further and begin writing programs in other types
>> of lisp.

>> I am looking for a general-purpose lisp language (I am a C++ programmer
>> by trade). I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?

>> Many Thanks,
>> Matt

> I would recommend:

> * Clojure
[...]
> the first runs on Java machine and is widely popular, more widely used
> in industry than your typical Common Lisp or Scheme Lisp.

Aside from any industry usage (he seems to be asking merely for general
purpose Lisps, and I don't think any dialect is widely used in the
industry), I would not recommend Clojure, due to the fact that it is
*gratuitously* incompatible with Common Lisp, which is a Bad Thing.

--Yasht


 
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