Re: TXR Lisp vs elisp.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 1:37 PM Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed the TXR Lisp from here [1]. Does anyone here have
> experiences on this lisp dialect?
>
> [1] http://nongnu.org/txr/txr-lisp.html

Based on the following description on its official website [2], this
language seems superior:

The other language in TXR is TXR Lisp. This is not an implementation
of an existing Common Lisp or Scheme, but a new dialect, which
contains many new ideas. TXR Lisp is feature-rich, and oriented toward
succinct, convenient expressivity. While staying completely true to
the Lisp heritage, it takes cues from new scripting and functional
languages.

TXR Lisp programs are shorter and clearer than those written in some
mainstream languages "du jour" like Python, Ruby, Clojure, Javascript
or Racket. If you find that this isn't the case, the TXR project wants
to hear from you; give a shout to the mailing list. If a program is
significantly clearer and shorter in another language, that is
considered a bug in TXR.

[2] http://nongnu.org/txr/index.html

Best, Hongyi