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Math remains an essentially irrelevant niche according to your definition of relevance - no of exponents. Lisp remains a great vehicle for exploring ideas and w
by dman 16y ago
Math remains an essentially irrelevant niche according to your definition of relevance - no of exponents. Lisp remains a great vehicle for exploring ideas and writing algorithmic code. Also in response to your other post, comparing Naggum to Xah is doing Erik a disservice in my opinion.
- cageface 16y agoI like Lisp but ridiculous statements like this: Using such inferior languages is like asking a chef who could have done wonders with any kind of raw materials, to use a dirty kitchen, a broken refrigerator with food that is about to die a second time, broken tools, and brownish tap water that tasted of swamp land. just fly in the face of all the available evidence. When I was new to Lisp I took bullshit like this at face value. This is a poisonous line of thinking I'd encourage all new programmers to avoid. Naggum was worse than Xah. As another poster in this thread pointed out, his shockingly intolerant vindictiveness and cruelty were disgusting. If you're looking for "wisdom" then keep walking. Lisp has had the misfortune of attracting bright but nutty people like Naggum all along. It's held the language back quite a bit.