Hi! And Some Questions
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:12 pm
Hi!
I stumbled on to newLISP on the SQLite site. I have always been intrigued by LISP, and I like the pragmatic, minimalist, scripting approach this version takes. The documentation is thorough, the videos are helpful, and the community seems friendly. What's not to like?
But, in researching the site, I have come up with some questions:
1. I was interested in the Windows DLL, but it seems that you can only 'shell out' to newLISP. I was hoping for COM Automation, and while I found mention of it in the forum, I couldn't find anything current in the Modules section. What is the state of COM support in newLISP?
2. I recently came across Dart, which is Google's take at an alternative to Javascript as a web client-side scripting language for browsers. It struck me that a targeted version of newLISP could be an ideal candidate for such a role. How cool would it be to have a newLISP web client interacting with a newLISP web server? Does this idea resonate with anyone?
3. As an extension of #2, I am curious to know how newLISP compares to a modern Javascript implementation like V8. But the benchmarks here look out-of-date, and the Shootout site doesn't list newLISP anymore, so it's hard for me to say. Does anyone have a sense of how the two compare?
Thanks for your time!
-Ken
I stumbled on to newLISP on the SQLite site. I have always been intrigued by LISP, and I like the pragmatic, minimalist, scripting approach this version takes. The documentation is thorough, the videos are helpful, and the community seems friendly. What's not to like?
But, in researching the site, I have come up with some questions:
1. I was interested in the Windows DLL, but it seems that you can only 'shell out' to newLISP. I was hoping for COM Automation, and while I found mention of it in the forum, I couldn't find anything current in the Modules section. What is the state of COM support in newLISP?
2. I recently came across Dart, which is Google's take at an alternative to Javascript as a web client-side scripting language for browsers. It struck me that a targeted version of newLISP could be an ideal candidate for such a role. How cool would it be to have a newLISP web client interacting with a newLISP web server? Does this idea resonate with anyone?
3. As an extension of #2, I am curious to know how newLISP compares to a modern Javascript implementation like V8. But the benchmarks here look out-of-date, and the Shootout site doesn't list newLISP anymore, so it's hard for me to say. Does anyone have a sense of how the two compare?
Thanks for your time!
-Ken