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- programming language paradigms - data storage techniques have evolved but the essentials are still the same

• ksaj 7y ago
  The fact that so much "new" stuff comes from Lisp proves you are right. Instead of 2 steps forward, one back, it seems with programming languages we keep returning to the start. Lisp is one of those languages that rarely gets an upgrade, but everyone else keeps coming back to emulate it.
  • mattmanser 7y ago
    Well, bits of it. Otherwise by now we'd all be using it by now, right?