lisp probably doesn't want you
because it sure doesn't want me.
i've spent the better part of 5 years trying to get started with a lisp, any lisp. clojure, scheme, common lisp, fennel, janet, chicken scheme, guile scheme, i feel like i've tried them all.
i use a macbook, i use vscode, i use statically typed languages with fast, cracking language server implementations with lovely autocomplete and type hints and goto definition and renaming symbols and all the rest of it.
i'm willing to give up the language server and safeness guarantees in exchange for the elusive "interactive programming" that's forever out of my reach.
no matter which lisp dialect i try to use, there is something in the way. whether it's the nightmare of installing it (and the chain of dependencies), the fact that all online documentation is manpages with zero syntax highlighting, the fact that i have to learn emacs (i'm just not going to), the fact that all terminal repls are horrendous, the nightmare that is SRFIs (pls just make a standard lib 🥲), etc. etc. etc.
i understand that it's incredibly powerful and historic, believe me, i really want to get stuck in.
i just want a one-click install with some modern tooling that supports the core development paradigm whilst appealing to the lowest common denominator (me), and i'd love to be able to get involved with writing tooling but i can't seem to get my foot in the door.
i suppose i'll just have to stick to nodejs.