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From your comments, this is like asking "Why would someone, programmer or not, want to learn Lisp online?". The answer: because they want to, because they might

by yati 13y ago

From your comments, this is like asking "Why would someone, programmer or not, want to learn Lisp online?". The answer: because they want to, because they might find it interesting. They don't have to ask you. You may not like something, but that is your preference. Don't impose it on us.

melling 13y ago
You can learn Lisp and do real work with it. It has commercial value. It's not some ancient dead language.
- cscurmudgeon 13y ago
  Ah FUD against Sanskrit. Thought I would see those only in Indian politics. Nice to see that on HN too. Do you, the no-nonsense hyper-practical man, smirk at mathematicians who study pure theory?
  - melling 13y ago
    I was simply pointing out that the analogy is not a good one. I have no problem learning Sanskrit for the pure enjoyment.
    - cscurmudgeon 13y ago
      Sanskrit is not a dead language. Enough with the FUD. At least it is more intellectual than current day colonial languages like Spanish.
- yati 13y ago
  The parent has been commenting asking people why they want to learn Sanskrit when there is "infinitely many other" things to learn about. I bet that you can not learn Lisp and sail through a great programming career. And I really don't think Sanskrit is a "dead" language - it is important to far too many people to be called dead.
pessimizer 13y ago
>You may not like something, but that is your preference. Don't impose it on us. His opinion isn't an imposition on you. Not even his opinion on what you should or should not be doing. If you find it to be, that's a boundary issue.
- yati 13y ago
  > His opinion isn't an imposition on you. If you look around and read their comments, they are asking people for a justification why people would want to learn Sanskrit in spite of "infinitely many other" interesting things that are supposedly out there to learn. I call this imposition. If you don't, that's a boundary issue :)

by yati 13y ago

melling 13y ago

You can learn Lisp and do real work with it. It has commercial value. It's not some ancient dead language.

cscurmudgeon 13y ago
Ah FUD against Sanskrit. Thought I would see those only in Indian politics. Nice to see that on HN too. Do you, the no-nonsense hyper-practical man, smirk at mathematicians who study pure theory?
- melling 13y ago
  I was simply pointing out that the analogy is not a good one. I have no problem learning Sanskrit for the pure enjoyment.
  - cscurmudgeon 13y ago
    Sanskrit is not a dead language. Enough with the FUD. At least it is more intellectual than current day colonial languages like Spanish.
yati 13y ago
The parent has been commenting asking people why they want to learn Sanskrit when there is "infinitely many other" things to learn about. I bet that you can not learn Lisp and sail through a great programming career. And I really don't think Sanskrit is a "dead" language - it is important to far too many people to be called dead.

pessimizer 13y ago

>You may not like something, but that is your preference. Don't impose it on us. His opinion isn't an imposition on you. Not even his opinion on what you should or should not be doing. If you find it to be, that's a boundary issue.

yati 13y ago
> His opinion isn't an imposition on you. If you look around and read their comments, they are asking people for a justification why people would want to learn Sanskrit in spite of "infinitely many other" interesting things that are supposedly out there to learn. I call this imposition. If you don't, that's a boundary issue :)