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That other languages are worse than Lisp is no reason not to improve. I didn't read him as suggesting that CLOS be replaced, but that it be embraced. I have n
by zeveb 7y ago
That other languages are worse than Lisp is no reason not to improve.
I didn't read him as suggesting that CLOS be replaced, but that it be embraced.
I have no idea what he meant about unused functions. My experience has been that when I think something in Common Lisp is pointless … I'm wrong.
One of the great advantages of Lisp in the 90s was that it standardised things that other languages left undefined (indeed, this is still an advantage Common Lisp has over Scheme). It seems like a good idea to keep on expanding the standardised area, as we gain experience & understanding.
- varjag 7y agoAll good points but well.. this discussion appears to be about possible reasons people migrate to other languages. And I just can't see how addressing these (rather arbitrary) points would reverse it. Some people just don't like CL much, despite solid foundation and steady progress with community projects. That's okay, we all have one or another language we are not very fond of.