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For a lot of engineering projects COBOL probably is (or was) a great language. Programming languages don't exist in a vacuum. They depend on good libraries, too
by cageface 11y ago
For a lot of engineering projects COBOL probably is (or was) a great language. Programming languages don't exist in a vacuum. They depend on good libraries, tools, teaching materials, communities etc. Whatever the particular merits of Lisp might be, it never crystallized into something that most developers care to reach for. I don't think that means that they're ignorant or stupid.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoI agree on the last part. I was only arguing against the popularity = technical superiority claim and for LISP as objectively one of most powerful due to design. People avoid it, plus other superior languages, for all kinds of reasons. Mostly social and economic, though.