Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
further as a scripting solution?
······@gmail.com wrote:
> Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
> language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
> further as a scripting solution?
>
Perhaps because the "Lisp Community" prefers Lisp to Logo and Python,
and Lisp users would rather program applications in Lisp than implement
a non-lisp language for scripting language users.
Whatever line of reasoning brought you to this question, stop now before
you ask comp.lang.logo why they don't develop Smalltalk as a Java
killer. ;)
drewc
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From: Ken Tilton
Subject: Re: Why doesn't the lisp community develop logo as a python killer?
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······@gmail.com wrote:
> Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
> language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
> further as a scripting solution?
>
When you want someone killed, always hire somebody from out-of-town.
(See "Ruby".)
hth,kzo
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On May 5, 8:05 pm, ······@gmail.com wrote:
> Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
> language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
> further as a scripting solution?
There's nothing wrong with Python to kill it. We just happened to
prefer Lisp way more.If you like Logo , go for it.
On May 5, 8:05 pm, ······@gmail.com wrote:
> Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
> language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
> further as a scripting solution?
It's too late Ruby's doing the job very well. Besides calling Lisp a
scripting language is a insult at best.
From: David Steuber
Subject: Re: Why doesn't the lisp community develop logo as a python killer?
Date:
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······@gmail.com writes:
> Logo has one the cleanest syntaxes out there. It also seems a capable
> language. Why doesn't the lisp community develop it and push it
> further as a scripting solution?
Is there really a Lisp community? Or are there a bunch of individual
Lisp programmers who favor different implementations and work in a
variety of orthoganol domains?
Since Lisp has a built in reader, why would it be necessary to even
develope a separate scripting language for a Lisp application?
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From: David Golden
Subject: Re: Why doesn't the lisp community develop logo as a python killer?
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David Steuber wrote:
> Since Lisp has a built in reader, why would it be necessary to even
> develope a separate scripting language for a Lisp application?
If you want a "safe" sandboxed scripting language, maybe.
On Fri, 11 May 2007 09:29:58 -0400, <·····@david-steuber.com> wrote:
>
> Is there really a Lisp community? Or are there a bunch of individual
> Lisp programmers who favor different implementations and work in a
> variety of orthoganol domains?
Touchdown! From reading some lisp history, it seems that is the way
it has always been.
Man with two watches never know what time it is. Lisp seems rooted by
it's flexibility and the herding-cats problem with it's practitioners.
PS, in many ways, I like the above situation when I have complete
control over the problem domain.
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