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"PG built Viaweb in Lisp because there was no Ruby, Python or Perl back then." Then why did he build Hacker News in Lisp?
by mbrubeck 17y ago
"PG built Viaweb in Lisp because there was no Ruby, Python or Perl back then."
Then why did he build Hacker News in Lisp?
- gizmo 17y agoAs a test app for his programming language, of course. Not because it's the best tool for the job. He essentially built an entire language for this website -- that won't give you a highscore in the productivity hall of fame :)
- mbrubeck 17y agoAnd yet, even with Python and Ruby well established, he still felt the desire to build his own language. And the language he chose to build was Lisp-like rathar than Python- or Ruby-like.