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Nov 7, 2014 at 00:15
Dylan&Gorillascript are the only non-sexp languages (AFAIK) that don't require macros to be visually different to functions. It's a shame.

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Jul 14, 2019 at 16:47
@cwebber@octodon.social Interesting choice. So this will be the primary language, not some IR? I don't think I've seen any lisps pivot to non-paren syntax though. I can only think of Wisp and sweet-expressions (libraries with limited adoption AFAICT) and Dylan (a separate language made by lispers). What pivots did you have in mind?
Nov 12, 2017 at 01:02
I wish resumable exceptions were more common. Here's a compelling use case, demonstrating the value of recovery in Dylan:
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Jun 11, 2017 at 09:56
Apple Dylan Screenshots https://web.archive.org/web/20140703072127/https://opendylan.org/about/apple-dylan/screenshots/index.html An IDE where all your code is modelled as objects with metadata is amazingly flexible.