veer66 on Nostr: In 1999, I tried to learn Common Lisp from textbooks, however, I couldn't understand ...
In 1999, I tried to learn Common Lisp from textbooks, however, I couldn't understand why I should use it. For example, I didn't see the advantage of writing a Fibonacci sequence function recursively without tail-call optimization when a for-loop seemed simpler. Arrays also worked well for me, so I didn't grasp the point of using singly linked lists as the default data structure. These challenges led me to have many reasons to avoid Common Lisp. Therefore, I don't complain or even ask why it's not popular these days.
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