It always makes me smile that lispers use the term "earmuffs" to refer to variables named *foo*.
https://lisp-lang.org/style-guide/#variables
As far as I'm aware this particular name isn't used in other communities. Paired * is rare elsewhere, but lisp programmers are no stranger to paired syntax!
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The Guile contributors are some extremely talented lispers. Missing a parenthesis in lisp docs is done by every lisper once in a while though :)
@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?
Racket seems to have a critical mass of mindshare: tons of accomplished lispers building some amazing PL features. I need to use it more.