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> Is this all just a giant social experiment to see what will happen to the language and community given no leadership and x-number of years? It's pretty clear
by jules 18y ago
> Is this all just a giant social experiment to see what will happen to the language and community given no leadership and x-number of years?
It's pretty clear already: arc has failed.
- gruseom 18y agoarc has failed Failed at what, exactly? Being a toaster? You guys all seem to be projecting your own expectations about "language and community" onto Arc, none of which have to do with the stated goals of the project. What part of making-a-better-Lisp-where-better-mostly-equals-shorter-programs don't you understand?
- jules 18y agoFailed at being a hundred year language. Arc programs are shorter, but only by a constant factor due to small syntax enhancements. It doesn't provide interesting new abstractions like Lisp did.
- comatose_kid 18y agoTo make the statement that arc has failed with credibility, you'd need the following: 1. A completed version of arc 2. 100 years since 1.
- echair 18y agoLike which Lisp did?
- jules 18y agothe original