Re: haskell APL perl+maypole/gantry, python smalltalk clisp plt scheme how decide?


Perl, is still popular than Python and Ruby, but I wonder when Perl 6
will be out.

Haskell is difficult, in my opinion it's harder than Lisp, though Lisp
is harder than most of the languages I think. I've tried to write a
simple guess number from 1 to 100 and the computer told you it should
be bigger or smaller. It's easy in most of the languages, but I found
it's harder in Haskell than other languages.

Python to tell the truth is a lot easier than Lisp. Why?? First, only
one implementation, you won't have trouble choosing which
implementation to use, and it's cross-platform. On the other hand, it
has a rich initial library for you to use without installing other
packages.

Lisp to tell the truth isn't easy because it's an almost free-format
language, it relies a lot on the editors to check the parenthesis, and
it lacks modern universal libraries. There are many implementations,
but it's really hard to choose one unlike Python.

Smalltalk, Hmmmm...I think it's declining, but there is still some
communities, if you want, I suggest Squeak, a smalltalk implementation.

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