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		netbioserror on July 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fusion – A hobby OS implemented in Nim But it's secretly also a quirky Lisp, to quote Andreas himself.

girvo on July 15, 2024 [–]

It's macro system certainly makes it feel that way!

netbioserror on July 15, 2024 | [–]

I'd say it's moreso the referentially-transparent expression-based programming by default. You kind of have to opt-in to imperative programming, and it actively disincentivizes OOP.

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