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Sure, but LISP was never intended as a systems or embedded programming language. Criticizing LISP for not being good at doing low-level tasks is akin to critic
by bunderbunder 15y ago
Sure, but LISP was never intended as a systems or embedded programming language. Criticizing LISP for not being good at doing low-level tasks is akin to criticizing Harley-Davidson's motorcycles because they don't float.
- cobrausn 15y agoOr akin to criticizing C for not being an expressive, high-level language. Also, in response to your first point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine
- nickik 15y agoIf C would have lisp syntax it could do the alot of the same abstractions.
- bunderbunder 15y agoA low-level imperative language with s-expression syntax would be one heck of an esoteric language.