# From Common Lisp to Julia **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Tags:** blog-post\ **Created:** [September 7, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866 "2022-09-07T01:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![mfiano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mfiano/32/37565_2.png) [@mfiano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mfiano)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/1 "2022-09-07T01:22:57Z")

I wrote an article to describe what attracted me to Julia. > **[From Common Lisp to Julia](https://mfiano.net/posts/2022-09-04-from-common-lisp-to-julia/)** > > mfiano's blog I am still very much a Julia beginner, having only written [CoherentNoise.jl](https://github.com/mfiano/CoherentNoise.jl). I am loving every minute I get to write Julia. Thanks for reading! ---

**Author:** ![nandoconde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nandoconde/32/19497_2.png) [@nandoconde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nandoconde)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/2 "2022-09-07T06:13:23Z")

Getting ahead of @logankilpatrick here, may I suggest you uploading this fantastic piece to Forem? It may have wider reach there. ---

**Author:** ![mfiano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mfiano/32/37565_2.png) [@mfiano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mfiano)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/3 "2022-09-07T06:15:28Z")

Signing up for the Forem is on my todo list for tomorrow actually. I only just discovered it today. I will do that though, and thanks for the kind words! ---

**Author:** ![TheCedarPrince](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/thecedarprince/32/17323_2.png) [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/4 "2022-09-07T14:12:26Z")

This was a very lovely piece that made me quite excited. Wrote an extended comment on your blog. Welcome to the community! 😄 ---

**Author:** ![vindarel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@vindarel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vindarel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/5 "2024-08-27T22:53:24Z")

Everyone, some news on the topic. In a following blog post two months later ([https://mfiano.net/posts/2022-11-05-programming-languages-i-use/](https://mfiano.net/posts/2022-11-05-programming-languages-i-use/) unfortunately 404), mfiano admits the previous article “was unfair to both languages”, and while “[he] is still mostly using Julia”, “Common Lisp is still on the table for [him]“. On [LiberaChat](https://irclog.tymoon.eu/libera/%23commonlisp?around=1669837028#1669837028), he says he’s back from Julia to Common Lisp: “As of yesterday, I’m back to making libraries in CL. I cannot consider Julia as a serious language anymore, for it has deceived me after 7 years of research.” You would find more context on the chat. best, ---

and btw, see also an answer to his post 😉 [not-common-lisp-to-julia.org · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/digikar99/24decb414ddfa15a220b27f6748165d7) ---

**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/7 "2024-08-28T01:49:56Z")

Hey @vindarel, welcome. It seems like you’re enthusiastic about lisps, and that’s great! This is resurrecting a two year old post with some two year old news of third-hand internet drama peering into dead blogs and chat logs with a very different intended audience. That’s not a great way to restart this conversation. If you’d like to start a new topic about your own experiences using Julia, please do so! And similarly for @mfiano — Julia isn’t always for everyone but it is helpful to hear where folks have stumbled. ---

**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-common-lisp-to-julia/86866/8 "2024-08-28T01:50:00Z")