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Making Linked Lists on C-likes makes me appreciate Lisp even more (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by hello_hello@hexbear.net to c/programming@hexbear.net

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I get dizzy looking at C-like languages, they just feel incredibly hard to follow compared to an S-expression.

Everything this just so verbose and there's so much negative space between the lines. To be fair, this course is making us program using Java so maybe it has to do more with that.

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[–] awrf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get dizzy looking at C-like languages

It's the exact opposite for me. C is one of the few languages that just clicks in my brain, it just feels so natural to me. I've been keeping a close eye on Hare as well, it's very neat.

Everything this just so verbose

At least it's not Rust! I like Rust in concept because of the problems it tries to solve, but hell is it extremely verbose...

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hare is cool to see, I'm personally following Zig as well because of its "No hidden control flow" pledge which is like music to my lisp ears.

At least it's not Rust!

For C-likes at least it should be Rust and not archaic like Java or JS without TS.

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I'm personally following Zig as well because of its "No hidden control flow" pledge which is like music to my lisp ears.

I do want to note that Zig is not unique in that regard, however, and Lisp is a language with hidden control flow at least by virtue of having a classic GC.