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FrustratedMonkyyesterday at 9:44 PM3 repliesview on HN

Nice comparison.

But makes me think we'd be better off if we all just focused on a single one, and grew it, made it better. Not having 4 versions of something almost identical. Fragmentation can hurt adoption.


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ludstonyesterday at 11:09 PM

They are as different from one another as Java is from C# is from JavaScript.

db48xyesterday at 9:59 PM

That’s what Common Lisp is.

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erichoceanyesterday at 10:52 PM

There are deep reasons for the variations, especially around (reader) macros.