Continued: Churn is further compounded by the Lisp Curse; an individual hacker can scratch his itch in Javascript all by himself and then stick it on github, th

Continued: Churn is further compounded by the Lisp Curse; an individual hacker can scratch his itch in Javascript all by himself and then stick it on github, the other three 1995 langs (Java/Ruby/Python) never quite reached this level of empowerment of individuals. That's great but also means an explosion of activity from smart inexperienced hackers who don't quite have a full understanding of the problem they are trying to solve because they are just one person. And when the problem is I/O that's a recipe for going in circles. http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html