macropy
hy
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
macropy
-
Other than having a wider range of libraries and beingthus being more "general purpose" and "practical" is there anything that makes Python an intrinsically better programming language than Lisp?
https://github.com/lihaoyi/macropy. It's harder to use than Lisp macros though. Besides eval/exec, which allow string metaprogramming, an AST manipulation module is in the standard library, but it's even harder to work with than macropy.
-
They say Python is the easiest language to learn, that being said, how much did it help you learn other languages? Did any of you for instance try C++ but quit, learn Python, and then back to C++?
You keep pretending that I and other people are saying that by learning a language you magically pick up these concepts, but literally nobody here is saying that. I'm glad that you love macros so much, but they can certainly be implemented in other languages, for just one example.
- Python for Lisp Programmers (2000)
hy
- A dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python
-
How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)
Not exactly the same (doesn't embed into the source like this did), but I believe Hylang[0] is the best Lisp package available for modern Python.
[0] https://github.com/hylang/hy
-
Sapling: A highly experimental vi-inspired editor where you edit code, not text
Isn't that a bit what hy (https://hylang.org/) tries to do ? AIUI it is a lisp interacting directly with the AST of Python, allowing seamless interop: Python modules can be used from hy and vice versa, everything is transparent.
- Hylang, a Lisp dialect embedded in Python
-
Hissp
I’ve been keeping loose tabs on this and Hy[1] for a while, but I’ve had some trouble figuring out the major differences between them and the use-cases for either. Would love to see an in-depth comparison in the form of a blog post sometime (though maybe the answer here is to do the research and write one up myself).
1: https://hylang.org
- Hy
-
Ask HN: Is SICP/HtDP still worth reading in 2023? Any alternatives?
“Python is for scientists. Lisp is for engineers.”
Then what does that make Hy language?
https://hylang.org/
Re Languages with lots of example code and LLM’s
With translators or things like Hy lang, one could get the LLM’s to solve your problem in Python before converting it to another form. Then, you just need a translator. If lacking one, it’s easy to translate by hand.
The practicality of this concept will probably vary by use case. My experiments had GPT doing sketching, implementations, boilerplate, and even porting Python to Rust. A legally-clear LLM trained on multiple languages could probably be fine-tuned to do Python to LISP conversions. If not, Hy might be a stepping stone, too.
-
Sharing Saturday #469
You could say so: I've been maintaining the compiler since 2016 ;). Infinitesimal Quest 2 + ε (SQ) exists more to advance Hy than for its own sake.
- What if: python without commas
-
Best implementation of CL for learning purposes
If you are using Python - you might find Hylang (https://hylang.org) interesting.
What are some alternatives?
wtfpython - What the f*ck Python? 😱
hissp - It's Python with a Lissp.
Fennel - Lua Lisp Language
awesome-functional-python - A curated list of awesome things related to functional programming in Python.
babashka - Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting
eso-light-attack-weave - This is a macro for the game Elder Scrolls Online
Carp - A statically typed lisp, without a GC, for real-time applications.
hebigo - 蛇語(HEH-bee-go): An indentation-based skin for Hissp.
awesome-clojure-likes - Curated list of Clojure-like programming languages.
mal - mal - Make a Lisp
hy-language-server - Hy Language Server built using Jedhy. works only under Hy1.0a1. For the recent version of Hy, please use https://github.com/sakuraiyuta/hyuga instead.