PeterBushMan Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 can you learn it in a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBushMan Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Can lisp do everything java can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 In different languages, the same task is performed in different ways.. Sometimes differences are cosmetic. Sometimes they are gigantic (alteration of the entire algorithm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 ! Moderator Note Topics merged. The question "can you learn it in a week?" is now the opening post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 11 hours ago, PeterBushMan said: Can lisp do everything java can do? 11 hours ago, PeterBushMan said: Can lisp do everything java can do? Yeth of courthe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Hanke Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 These two languages were designed for different purposes, and work according to different paradigms, so they are not easily comparable. There will be things that are easier to implement in LISP, and other things that are easier to do in Java; it really depends on what you are trying to achieve. I did some LISP programming back in the 80s on an Atari ST - I never warmed to the language, I found it tedious and obtuse, and quite hard to learn; but maybe that’s just because I was too used to BASIC, C, Modula-2, and Assembler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I haven't seen LISP referenced since the 80s either. At that time I also used the Atari ST, and learned Forth on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Hanke Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 22 hours ago, MigL said: I haven't seen LISP referenced since the 80s either. At that time I also used the Atari ST, and learned Forth on it. I have quite fond memories of my years on the Atari ST...for all its faults it was nonetheless a great machine, with a nice community of users around it. I taught myself to program on it, in several languages. I was really into it at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Less than a quarter of the price of a Mac, and better spec'd. I have fond memories of it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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