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

by sfgweilr4fon 8/17/2021, 1:32:36 PM with 5 comments
  • by shivekkhuranaon 8/17/2021, 2:57:36 PM

    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.

  • by ampdepolymeraseon 8/17/2021, 2:36:32 PM

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

  • by rurbanon 8/17/2021, 7:17:56 PM

    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.

  • by contingencieson 8/17/2021, 4:28:14 PM

    All things considered, KIWIMOB.

  • by xedracon 8/17/2021, 2:54:04 PM

    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.