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Add to SafariWhen comparing MIT/GNU vs PicoLisp, the Slant community recommends MIT/GNU for most people. In the question“What are the best Lisp dialects?” MIT/GNU is ranked 7th while PicoLisp is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Integrated database and Prolog engine
Pro Fast code execution speed
One of the fastest code execution speeds compared to other Lisp dialects.
Pro Simplicity
Compared to other Lisp dialects, it's simple and doesn't have unnecessary features.
Pro Tacit
Code written in is short and easier to understand most of the time.
Pro Foreign function interface
The language has built-in FFI for C and also interfaces with java(via ersatz)
Cons
Con Not made to run as standalone
Cannot be compiled to a standalone executable, only to byte code that can be run from the interpreter; and cannot be conveniently interpreted by the interpreter from the command line.
Con Not very well-documented
The documentation is very sparse.
Con Poor Windows support
Con Ill-designed interpreter's interface
The interpreter does not support the use of the left and right arrows to move the cursor in the code and the use of the up and down arrows to navigate through the history.
Con Lack of Floating point data type
The language does not have floating point numbers only scaled fix-point numbers. Scaling of numbers is more work than directly working with floats.
