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Paul Graham is a Lisper and made his fortune with a Lisp application. Moreover, he wrote a widely-read essay claiming that Lisp was the secret weapon that enabl
by mikelevins 9y ago
Paul Graham is a Lisper and made his fortune with a Lisp application. Moreover, he wrote a widely-read essay claiming that Lisp was the secret weapon that enabled his startup to outcompete its rivals. In that context, it shouldn't be suprising to find sympathy for Lisp in discussions hosted by Paul Graham's firm.
Lisp is quite practical for solving day-to-day problems, as long as you are a knowledgeable Lisper.
- mbrodersen 9y agoAnd 10000+ other people/companies have made fortunes using programming languages other than Lisp. So what's your point?
- mikelevins 9y agoI was replying to submeta, who said: > Honestly curious why Lisp has so much admiration and praise on HN. So my point is that Paul Graham says Lisp was important in his success. His success was important in the creation of Y Combinator and therefore of Hacker News. So we should not be particularly surprised that readers of Hacker News include many that are favorably disposed toward Lisp. submeta also said: >But I would not think of Lisp when it comes to solving day to day problems. ...so I mentioned that Lisp is quite practical for day-to-day programming, if you know it well. For what it's worth, I've been using it for day-to-day programming for thirty years.