Why Janet? (2023)
This article serves as an introduction and advocacy piece for the Janet programming language, a small Lisp dialect. The author highlights its simplicity, ease of learning, and ability to compile into standalone native executables.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing interest in niche, lightweight programming languages that prioritize developer experience and portability over mainstream ecosystem dominance.
I never thought it could happen to me. I mean, parentheses? In this day and age? But for the past couple years, my go-to programming language for fun side projects has been a little Lisp dialect called Janet .
The content is a personal technical recommendation and advocacy piece, which is inherently subjective but lacks political or social bias.
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