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Lisp Deserves a Fresh Look (2006)

• fbu 17y ago
  "Martian question 3: Arent your machines getting faster much more quickly than your programmers are getting smarter?" I found this to be a nice quote for high level programming.
  • joe_the_user 17y ago
    Excellent point to consider. But I would like to ask a different one also: "Are your machines getting faster more quickly than poorly written programs can slow them down?"
• gphil 17y ago
  The article states that Lisp has "not been thought suitable for mass-market applications due to difficulties in packaging the executable bits and running them on end-user hardware." I'm not sure this is really what has prevented Lisp from being used for "mass-market" purposes. I think it has more to do with the fact that (despite some notable exceptions) it's not what's typically taught to most programmers in school.