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re: submission title, Are you validating Lisp or are you validating Bill Gates? I'd be surprised if he didn't know Lisp. It's not exactly an obscure language
by danielha 19y ago
re: submission title, Are you validating Lisp or are you validating Bill Gates?
I'd be surprised if he didn't know Lisp. It's not exactly an obscure language nor is he nontechnical.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoI wasn't validating either. Gates is a smart man, so I'm sure he appreciates the power of Lisp. It's interesting that he knows a great language and and built a company that used a weaker language to create an even weaker result. It's like finding out that in his spare time, John Grisham pores over Bleak House.
- ced 19y agoHe's not alone. The co-author of Scheme went on to co-create Java