Christian HimpeSep 1, 2023
#Scheme / #Schemer / #SchemeLang is still in IEEE's Top Programming Languages 2023 survey: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-top-programming-languages-2023
The Top Programming Languages 2023

Python and SQL are on top, but old languages shouldn’t be forgotten

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Show threadTravis F WSep 1, 2023

@gramian has #Python done anything about that #GIL yet? (Global interpreter lock)

Also, in the #Lisp advocate department, #Clojure deserves mention, somewhere in the middle of the chart.

Show threadMichael Misamore
@travisfw @gramian There's a plan in the works to retire the GIL. It was in the news recently. https://discuss.python.org/t/a-steering-council-notice-about-pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython/30474
A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython)

Posting for the whole Steering Council, on the subject of @colesbury’s PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython). Thank you, everyone, for responding to the poll on the no-GIL proposal. It’s clear that the overall sentiment is positive, both for the general idea and for PEP 703 specifically. The Steering Council is also largely positive on both. We intend to accept PEP 703, although we’re still working on the acceptance details. As we’ve done a few times in the past, we ...

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