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Another gem by Larry Wall (and I mean that sincerely) "...By policy, LISP has never really catered to mere mortals... And, of course, mere mortals have
by cag_ii 17y ago
Another gem by Larry Wall (and I mean that sincerely)
"...By policy, LISP has never really catered to mere
mortals... And, of course, mere mortals have never
really forgiven LISP for not catering to them."
[source] http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html
- swannodette 17y agoThis quote seems particularly dated to me. Thanks to SBCL, PLT Scheme, Arc, and Clojure- Lisp these days is very much catering to "mere mortals". It's lovely to follow a news link from HN and see all those wonderful s-expressions :)