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> As someone who writes academically [...] code [...] doesn't have to be read [...] it is easy enough to throw the code away and start again That pretty much s
by klibertp 13y ago
> As someone who writes academically [...] code [...] doesn't have to be read [...] it is easy enough to throw the code away and start again
That pretty much sums up the difference between academia and the so called "real world".
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoSure. In my defense, the real world doesn't require great poetic academic writing skills either. Specs and email are quite different. Life is quite different when you are writing code to have something to write about.
- jbooth 13y agoYet LISP has much less traction in the real world than it does in academia.
- lispm 13y agonot really