Re: What are the domains that lisp doesn't fit int?

Dan Bensen <randomgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

fireblade wrote:
What are ... domains where lisp doesn't fit in?

Drivers: close to the metal.
Embedding: Poor memory resources.

These are not problems with Lisp as a generic language paradigm. They
are issues with specific implementations and/or dialects, and while
certainly valid as issues to discuss ought to be seen as opportunities
to bring Lisp to new areas. Certainly if you're looking for
off-the-shelf solutions, that's trickier. But, for example, some work
in other dialects (e.g., ISLISP) had the intention of being useful to
things like drivers and embedding, almost in specific concern that CL
had left this area inappopriately covered. But those two dialects don't
exhaust the space of potential Lisp endeavor.
.

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