How come most Lisps and Schemes are dynamically typed?
Does static typing not mix with some of their common features?
How come most Lisps and Schemes are dynamically typed? Does static typing not mix
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How come most Lisps and Schemes are dynamically typed?
Does static typing not mix with some of their common features?
Typing and s-expressions can be made to work together, see typed scheme.
Partly it is a historical coincidence that s-expression languages are dynamically typed. These languages tend to rely more heavily on macros, and the ease of parsing and pattern-matching on s-expressions makes macro processing much easier. Most research on sophisticated macros happens in s-expression languages.
Typed Hygienic Macros are hard.