Funny thing about startup secret weapons... No one is particularly impressed until they get chewed to pieces by them. If PG and co sent a letter on Viaweb let

Funny thing about startup secret weapons... No one is particularly impressed until they get chewed to pieces by them. If PG and co sent a letter on Viaweb letterhead to their competitors describing the various and sundry advantages of Lisp, what percentage of them would've done anything but laugh? 99.999% of the time, stealth mode is a huge waste of energy. (please assume a standard "IMO" ahead of all of the above statements)