3 Nov
2011
3 Nov
'11
3:49 a.m.
On Nov 2, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
Is there a kernel of truth in the analagy, IOW?
That Scheme is very nice but not much practical use for getting stuff
done; that CL is top-heavy and overcomplicated; that eLisp is all very
well but only good for one thing, say?
Well, I'm sure that there are kernels of truth everywhere, but I'd like to at
least point out that Scheme, being very small and simple, is easily embeddable as a
scripting language. As with most scripting languages (Lua comes to mind), you often make
a trade-off between execution time and code size; TinyScheme, for example, may not be the
fastest thing out there, but it compiles down to a few K (maybe tens of K, I don't
quite recall), which is great if you're running on embedded devices. It sees quite a
bit of real-world use in that aspect.
- Dave