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The entire Java community pines for lisp, whether they know it or not. That's why Apache Ant was invented, it's Java's manifestation of Greenspun's Tenth Rule.
by kyllo 12y ago
The entire Java community pines for lisp, whether they know it or not. That's why Apache Ant was invented, it's Java's manifestation of Greenspun's Tenth Rule.
- taeric 12y agoIs it confined to the Java community? Seems a bit more widespread, honestly.
- kyllo 12y agoWell yeah, that's why the original Greenspun's tenth rule cited "Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program..." Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That is the only logical explanation for why XML even exists.