Ask HN: What are the current state-of-the-art Lisp implementations doing?

shivekkhurana 2021-08-17 14:57:36 +0000 UTC [ - ]

I have been writing Clojure full time since 2017. Most of my work is about building mobile/web apps and APIs.

Ferret Lang is a lisp that I dig. It compiles to C++11 and is crazy fast on low powered hardware. Coming from Clojure, Ferret feels nimble. But I don't think I'll ever have a use for it.

frompdx 2021-08-17 16:16:26 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Thank you for sharing Ferret Lang. I'm excited to try this one out. A year ago I went on a quest for something lisp-like on the Arduino. I came across u-lisp but it seemed limited. I ultimately landed on Forth (not a lisp), which was a great learning experience. I think Ferret was what I was looking for at the time.

ampdepolymerase 2021-08-17 14:36:32 +0000 UTC [ - ]

They are posting on HN and lambda the ultimate so they can stay relevant.

contingencies 2021-08-17 16:28:14 +0000 UTC [ - ]

All things considered, KIWIMOB.

2021-08-18 20:01:04 +0000 UTC [ - ]

rurban 2021-08-17 19:17:56 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Chez and SBCL (counting the open source ones) are doing fine, and have just better compilers. SBCL optimizations are trivial to improve, Chez not so.

xedrac 2021-08-17 14:54:04 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Lisp is already at the pinnacle of evolution, and can easily morph into whatever it needs to. That's both its greatest strength, and its greatest weakness.