> I am looking for useful projects that do something useful for users who can't give a damn what language the project is written in.
Fair request.
As the instigator of the kons-9 graphics project, I had 2 primary reasons for using CL:
1) It is a language I find enjoyable to develop in. As I say, it is the only computer language I have used which doesn't fight me when I try to get things done.
2) I do hope the users of the system will care that it is written in CL, as I am attempting a language-based 3D system where the real flexibility and potential of the software will be available to those who are willing to develop tools and extensions in CL. More of an IDE and less of a typical GUI-based digital content creation system, of which there are plenty out there.
And a bonus point 3) I wanted to consciously do something different, which accepts the fact that Lisp is not the choice of least resistance. No one ever asks "Why JS?".
Fair request.
As the instigator of the kons-9 graphics project, I had 2 primary reasons for using CL:
1) It is a language I find enjoyable to develop in. As I say, it is the only computer language I have used which doesn't fight me when I try to get things done.
2) I do hope the users of the system will care that it is written in CL, as I am attempting a language-based 3D system where the real flexibility and potential of the software will be available to those who are willing to develop tools and extensions in CL. More of an IDE and less of a typical GUI-based digital content creation system, of which there are plenty out there.
And a bonus point 3) I wanted to consciously do something different, which accepts the fact that Lisp is not the choice of least resistance. No one ever asks "Why JS?".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMzaVDaZP8