On: Why Are There So Many Pythons?

[Foxboron]

I'll give a shoutout too Hy. It removes the Python interface, and replace it with a LISP interface. The neat part is that its currently compatible, and bidirectional, with 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and pypy. We even added a few steps so we will have support for 3.4!

https://github.com/hylang/hy

It's a great example of how Python isn't that different from LLVM and JVM!

[neurostimulant → Foxboron]

I wish I knew this sooner! The online console is really cool too: http://try-hy.appspot.com/

[girvo → Foxboron]

Hy is great! Scriptor has an awesome Clojure inspired Lisp called Pharen that compiles down to PHP, and it's so much fun to use.

I highly suggest people have a play with Hy, Pharen, and similar, as they really make you look at your language differently :)

[gvalkov → Foxboron]

I really hope Hy catches on as the way to add DSLs to Python projects. I did this to one of my small projects and I'm very happy with the results: http://pyzmo.readthedocs.org/en/latest/#usage-hy

[bliti → Foxboron]

I have been toying with hy for the last two months and enjoying every minute. It is a very strange feeling when you are able to use the batteries-included of Python with the simple syntax of a LISP (nothing against Python's syntax). The documentation is fairly good, and library support is surprisingly good. I'm planning on using it for a very small web app (with Flask).

[noiv → Foxboron]

Now I want iHY notebooks.

[zem → Foxboron]

that looks awesome!