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At that time, most people programmed in static, compiled languages like Fortran, C, or Pascal. If you wanted a powerful dynamic language with an interactive R
by jonjacky 6y ago
At that time, most people programmed in static, compiled languages like Fortran, C, or Pascal. If you wanted a powerful dynamic language with an interactive REPL and garbage collection, Lisp was almost the only choice. Since then, those attractive features of Lisp have been incorporated into many other popular languages: Python, Javascript, Ruby, etc. etc.
- wrp 6y agoI forget who, but I read some prominent CS guy from the 1970s who said that when he talked to Lisp enthusiasts, he would ask if they would still like the language if it were batch processed and their enthusiasm would dry up.