Re: Wisp 1.0 released

[Christopher Lemmer Webber]

Congrats! :)

Arne Babenhauserheide writes:

> Hi,
>
> As announced at FOSDEM,[1] I now released Wisp 1.0:
>
>    https://www.draketo.de/english/wisp#v1.0
>
> At this point wisp the language is complete. And from what Ricardo said
> at FOSDEM, I think it achieves its goal:
>
>     “Wisp allows people to see code how Lispers perceive it.
>      Its structure becomes apparent.”
>      — Ricardo Wurmus[2]
>
> Therefore I’d like to repeat what I asked for at FOSDEM: The next time
> you write pseudocode, please try making it executable with Wisp. That
> gives you all the capabilities of Guile Scheme, but easier to grasp for
> non-lispers.
>
> I do not see changes coming to wisp syntax at the moment, so the 1.0 is
> a good time to give it a try. Should you find out that it does not fit,
> wisp provides wisp2lisp as plan B: wisp2lisp converts any wisp file to a
> Scheme file by adding parentheses, preserving comments.
>
> But maybe you will find out that you like using wisp for some usecases.
> Whatever you find, please tell me about your experience!
>
> Best wishes and happy hacking!
> - Arne
>
> [1]: https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/experiencewithwisp/
> [2]: https://www.draketo.de/english/wisp#perceive