Great resource thanks for sharing. I have been chomping at the bit for some information about the Linux experience on this device.
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"I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same.“ — Angus Young
Heh. I didn't know this was a common criticism of AC/DC.
It's definitely not unfounded but, the alternative is not always better. A good counter example is a band like Kings of Leon, who kind of split their fans along different album lines. Not saying there's anything wrong with that either, but I love AC/DC and am not upset that they have a pretty consistent identity across their albums.
I'll agree the emacs on ramp is widely regarded as a barrier to entry on CL. I've heard good things about the Alive plug-in for vs code though. Also stuff like emacs4cl and portacle in theory make it easier, but I don't disagree.
With that said, using an editor built on a lisp to work on lisp as its advantages if you can get over that initial hurdle.
Common Lisp!
It can be a little esoteric if you don't have experience with the paradigms, but I've never used a language that felt more free.
On SBCL you have typing support, CLOS provides an OO interface, and it lends itself well to functional style programming (despite not having a type system as powerful as say Haskell). Additionally, the ecosystem is quite stable and mature, any library of functionality you might need is likely available.
Me too. I was honestly shocked at how well it played all things considered. Definitely worth trying if you've played a lot on PC and would like to play on the deck. I was skeptical but played for 4 hours last night.