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> I think Lisp failed because it had no killer app. As a vim user I love to think of all of the emacs peoples' heads exploding when they read lisp has no kille
by duckqlz 7y ago
> I think Lisp failed because it had no killer app.
As a vim user I love to think of all of the emacs peoples' heads exploding when they read lisp has no killer app. However it should be noted that lisp still has strong use cases in education and language design and even if not commonly used in industry its principles and design ideas come through in many modern languages.
- dukoid 7y agoDidn't they sell ITA again?
- duckqlz 7y agoI think they just retired it. [1] [1]: https://skift.com/2017/11/01/google-to-retire-ita-software-flight-search-engine-for-small-companies/ https://skift.com/2017/11/01/google-to-retire-ita-software-f...
- p_l 7y agoThey retired public access and private access for "small clients". The engine is still there, Google just decided it's not going to keep the vendor-client relationships.
- DonHopkins 7y agoWhat do you mean? Emacs Lisp doesn't even have explode! (explode 'head) Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function explode) (explode 'head) eval((explode 'head) nil) elisp--eval-last-sexp(t) eval-last-sexp(t) eval-print-last-sexp(nil) funcall-interactively(eval-print-last-sexp nil) call-interactively(eval-print-last-sexp nil nil) command-execute(eval-print-last-sexp)
- gmfawcett 7y agoYou forgot to (require 'explode-mode).