Re: Overcoming the "Dylan is Dead" belief?

On mer 11 set 2013 13:35:50 CEST, mikel evins wrote:
> On Sep 10, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Bruce Mitchener <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What can we do? What should we do?
>
> Others have already brought up the convenient libraries provided by languages like Python. I wonder how many non-Python users realize just how much stuff Python's library gives you. Take a look:
>
> http://docs.python.org/2/library/
> "Batteries included" indeed.
> Obviously, Python isn't the only popular language, but that standard library sure doesn't hurt its adoption.

And Perl has CPAN, the only reason to use it.
Take a look at http://modulecounts.com/
It's quite impressive... (Especially for Node.js!)

Yes, Chicken Scheme has eggs 
http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-projects/egg-index-4.html
Racket (ex-Scheme) has PLaneT http://planet.racket-lang.org/
Even Common Lisp tries something with http://www.quicklisp.org/ et al.

I didn't want to complain, I still love your work.  It's just that 
every time I start a project the amount of code I don't have to write 
myself is one of the most important factor for every decision. More 
important than the programming language itself. I can learn Ruby, but I 
can't (I'm really not able to!) write a solid ORM library (or inherit 
and update a 10 years old one...)
So, how many well tested template engines? How many markdown parsers? A 
robust date class? How can I talk to postgresql? That's it...

Sorry if it's a bit depressing,
g.
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