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"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
by 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.