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Just as Lisp programmers add new syntax and vocabulary to build custom languages, C++ programmers do the same by taking them away.
by mbrubeck 17y ago
Just as Lisp programmers add new syntax and vocabulary to build custom languages, C++ programmers do the same by taking them away.
- abrahamsen 17y agoDoes anyone really use all of Common Lisp? I'd say the justification for all of the large languages (like C++ and Common Lisp) is the same. You may not need all of it, but the features you do need will at least be standardized, compared to using a small language with ad-hoc extensions to achieve the same. [ I here include the standard library as part of the language, for languages with extensive meta-programming support like C++ and Common Lisp, it makes little sense to distinguish. ]