3 ms·

Among Lisp users this is known... Also if one knows a bit about Lisp history, the headline "O'Reilly agreed to publish a book about Common Lisp" triggers some

by lispm 7y ago

Among Lisp users this is known... Also if one knows a bit about Lisp history, the headline "O'Reilly agreed to publish a book about Common Lisp" triggers some memories, since for a long time O'Reilly actively discouraged people from trying to contact them about publishing Lisp books. ;-)

s_Hogg 7y ago
That's reasonably hilarious, thanks for the info :)
CydeWeys 7y ago
Wait, why?
- Jtsummers 7y ago
  They didn’t sell well. It doesn’t matter how interesting or important a topic is. Eventually a publishing business has to decide on what their limits are for risk/reward. O’Reilly had decided that Lisp books cost too much and brought in too little for them.