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The only condescension I see in Haskell-related discussion is condescension towards Haskellers, fwiw I've heard exactly the same claims by and about lispers.
by ska 7y ago
The only condescension I see in Haskell-related discussion is condescension towards Haskellers,
fwiw I've heard exactly the same claims by and about lispers.
- goto11 7y agoAnd sometimes justified too. But in a different way. You don't see lispers ensuring us "You are smart enough to learn Lisp" because Lisp is quite easy to get started with. And you don't usually see lispers trying to be "friendly" by communicating in children's language.
- ska 7y agooffered without judgement: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Lisp-Learn-Program-Game/dp/1593272812 https://www.amazon.com/Land-Lisp-Learn-Program-Game/dp/15932...
- goto11 7y agoI was wrong. And that book even looks interesting!
- lispm 7y agoLOGO, the children's Lisp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)