Comment by wodenokoto

> I've been drawn into the Janet posts that surface every once in a while here on HN, but found the otherwise highly praised "Janet for Mortals", not being for mortals at all.

I'm surprised: the language is very straightfoward, simple, very few rules to remember. It's a Lisp but with a very small surface area.

I mean, compared to other languages, Janet really is easier to lean, so I'm surprised that the book for it is difficult (did not read the book, but familiar-ish with the language. I don't have anything but praise for it, TBH).

Personally I get hung up on the macro syntax being near the beginning, but there is so much valuable stuff past that

> not being for mortals at all.

I had that with Haskell. Although, while Haskell is too hard for me, I actually like its syntax.

Janet seems to be Lisp 2.0, so the syntax is lispy.