@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-20 10:15:02
#Clojure is not widely used in Africa, it seems. Or Greenland.
Everywhere else, though...
https://clojure.org/news/2026/02/18/state-of-clojure-2025
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-20 10:15:02
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-04-26 21:18:55
`apply` has to deal with that only two kinds of two kinds of things: lambdas and nlambdas, interpreted or compiled. And if I choose to go down the 'compile everything' route, as most modern Lisps do, then I don't have to deal with interpreted functions. But if I do #Clojure like things like 'map in function position', then I add complexity again. And if I do what I want to do, …
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-23 15:04:58
Content warning: Lisp semantics of nth
SBCL #CommonLisp
(nth 2 '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
3
#Clojure
(nth '(1 2 3 4 5 6) 2)
3
#Scheme
(list-ref '(1 2 3 4 5 6) 2)
;Value: 3
So, they differ on the…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-04-19 11:13:58
This excerpt from the #Clojure documentary is a clear example of why Universal #BasicIncome would be such a good thing: when you give people the time and financial security to pursue their passion projects, you get marvellous things out of it.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-04-14 09:45:44
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-13 22:30:24
Should
(= 3/4 0.75)
return true (or 't)? You'd think so.
#SBCL 2.5.2 does think so.
MIT/GNU Scheme also thinks so.
#Interlisp Medley agrees.
I think this is correct behaviour.
#Clojure