"Shen: A Sufficiently Advanced Lisp" by Aditya Siram

Why HN readers recommended it

It is the standard recommended introduction to Shen, pointed to whenever Shen or its type system comes up.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Strange Loop Conference

Topic

shen lisp

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Stanza looks very interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks! Shen allows you to turn the type checker on or off: (tc +) (tc -) You can leave your type signatures in the code when you turn them off, and when tc is on …

• I love Shen, but I have not taken it on. I subscribed to the professional version for half a year, and I like the amount of implementations of Shen in other PLs. The pattern matching, optional type checking, and the built-in Prolog is incredible. It's …

• Looking for a feel for Shen? A Strange Loop talk by @deech (40minutes): Shen: A Sufficiently Advanced Lisp. [VIDEO] An essay: [LINK] It's insightful and readable and it links to several articles new Shen users would be interested in[0]. It was written before Shen, so …