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"It's a total absurdity, but people seem happy to learn Python and that puts a huge pressure on keeping Lisp shops alive." I think that it's less about learnin
by dan00 16y ago
"It's a total absurdity, but people seem happy to learn Python and that puts a huge pressure on keeping Lisp shops alive."
I think that it's less about learning, because Python is way more similar to languages like Java or C++. Using Python, they have to learn less. Than they discover some cool new features in Python and are bought. Then they don't see any need to bother further with lisp.
- hga 16y agoWikipedia on Blub: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_%28computer_programmer%29#Blub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_%28computer_program... The interesting question here is what's getting people to try Python but not a Lisp. Perhaps Clojure will help answer that question.