> For the non-programmers among you, here's the executive summary of how to program: 1. Surf the Net for packages by other people that do what you need to get d

> For the non-programmers among you, here's the executive summary of how to program: 1. Surf the Net for packages by other people that do what you need to get done. 2. Repeat step one until you've gathered everything you need. 3. Write a program that calls the modules you've collected. This is a great method, because step three is potentially very brief, provided there are enough modules out there. This is true of some programming, but not all. If I need to do some quick data munging, or build a CRUD application, lisp may not provide any benefits over another language in which I am equally skilled. But if I am programming in a complicated domain or doing exploratory work, I would rather be using lisp than any other language.