56 ms·
At least in the case of PLT Scheme, I recall a conference where there was open hostility to the notion that their academic language might (horrors!) become wide
by phlakaton 4y ago
At least in the case of PLT Scheme, I recall a conference where there was open hostility
to the notion that their academic language might (horrors!) become widely adopted.
- vkazanov 4y agoAnd understandably so! Wide adoption means certain academy-hostile rules: backwards compatibility, a lot of user pressure towards certain directions, etc. Academics need freedom, and adoption is not about freedom.
- phlakaton 4y agoHaskell seems to have muddled through catering to both, though! Not sure whether they see Racket as still in that researchy space.