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There are times when a step back is the mandatory step to get a new perspective on things. Just sayin'.

• davexunit 11y ago
  But this is a step back to the cold, dead, static systems of UNIX. How about stepping back and taking a look at the dynamic, hackable environments of Lisp?
  • _ak 11y ago
    You should rather ask yourself why Lisp hasn't been able to attract the same large and active community in 5 decades that Go has been able to attract in 5 years.
    • davexunit 11y ago
      Argument ad populum.
      • _ak 11y ago
        I'm not saying either of them is better because or the amount of people they attracted. I merely ask why Go managed to interest more people than Lisp in an order of magnitude of time less.
  • vezzy-fnord 11y ago
    I don't understand why Unix is equated to "cold, dead and static". Sure, that's the case for V7 Unix and descendents. Attempted Unix++ systems like Amoeba, Spring and Sprite were quite the opposite. Further, if I wanted maximum dynamism and runtime hackability I'd go for a Smalltalk.