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You read that entire article and your takeaway is a theory about why Lisp isn't popular? I got something entirely, completely, and utterly unlike that. I read
by raganwald 16y ago
You read that entire article and your takeaway is a theory about why Lisp isn't popular? I got something entirely, completely, and utterly unlike that. I read an article that was about the author's students, but I recognized the same thing in myself, in people who have devoted themselves to playing Bridge full time, and many other corners of society where extremely bright people hang out.
The correlation between the personality and Lisp programming is very interesting, but I have to say that Lisp having a terrible "UI" for sharing--if true--doesn't strike me as being connected to the article.
Maybe you could help me connect the dots between what the author is saying and what you are saying?
- shasta 16y ago"You read that entire article and your takeaway is a theory about why Lisp isn't popular?" He said 'take' (not 'takeaway'), which I would interpret to mean his viewpoint on Lisp that might be unrelated or even contrary to the article.
- raganwald 16y agoExcellent point, thank you. My misreading of that one word biased my interpretation of the comment!
- kunley 16y agoExactly. Please note I'm not speaking English natively and used phrase 'my take' according to my knowledge how to use it. My point was rather a digression comparing to the original article. In fact, I sympathize with the author and I put my 2cents what IMO causes the situation described.
- metageek 16y agoYou used it correctly.
- MaysonL 16y agoMuch of the article read like a description of my life, even though it's only in the past couple of years that I've gotten into Lisp.
- MaysonL 16y agoMuch of the article read like a description of my life, even though it's only in the past couple of years that I've gotten into Lisp.