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"Chameleons are pretty good at camouflaging themselves..." Perhaps it should be said that, like a chameleon, Lisp has remained pretty well hidden against the b
by gcheong 18y ago
"Chameleons are pretty good at camouflaging themselves..."
Perhaps it should be said that, like a chameleon, Lisp has remained pretty well hidden against the background of current languages.
- cperciva 18y agoLisp has been very successful at avoided notice, but I wouldn't say that it has done that by looking like other languages. Rather, it looks completely alien to people familiar with other languages -- but it escapes notice because it looks like a very small and unthreatening alien.
- brlewis 18y agoActually, the small and unthreatening alien went to Python. However, you're right about Lisp being different, and avoiding notice. However, that might be changing. A-list blogger Robert Scoble took notice of Scheme-based http://ourdoings.com/ http://ourdoings.com/ and has been using it: http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer?service=feed&serviceid=13e9baedf2af41dbb2c241bc2a9677ba http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer?service=feed&serviceid=... And it got a glowing review by Mike Fruchter: http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/01/our-doings-you-upload-moment-they.html http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/01/our-doings-you-upload-... Notice that the first words used to describe it, "simple and unique" also describe the language it's written in. Programming language affects programmer thinking.