Lisp curse vs Lisp envy (by Mauricio Szabo)

Mauricio Szabo explores the concept of the Lisp Curse, comparing it to the challenges faced by other programming language communities.

The London Clojurians are happy to present: Title: **Lisp curse vs Lisp envy** Speaker: **Mauricio Szabo** Mauricio Szabo (github.com/mauricioszabo/) will be presenting: "Lisp curse vs Lisp envy" We sometimes say "this doesn't exist in Clojure because of the Lisp Curse", or blame it for some other lack of "mature libraries". In this talk, we will revisit the idea of what the "curse" is, and what other "curses" we have on other communities, to conclude if what we have is a "bug" or a "feature". Mauricio is a Clojure and ClojureScript developer, author of Chlorine, Clover, Spock some other libraries; He calls himself a "test-freak", he like motorcycles and windsurf, and a lot of other random things too. If you missed this event, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/LondonClojurians (The recording will be uploaded a couple of days after the event.) Please, consider supporting the London Clojurians with a small donation: opencollective.com/london-clojurians/ Your contributions will enable the sustainability of the London Clojurians community and support our varied set of online and in-person events: - ClojureBridge London: supports under-represented groups discover Clojure - re:Clojure: our **free** to attend annual community conference - monthly meetup events with speakers from all over the world - subscription and admin costs such as domain name & Zoom plan for larger online meetups Thank you to our sponsors: - juxt.pro/ - flexiana.com/ - gaiwan.co/ - And many individual sponsors