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You're right in general, but it seems that no language that is being actively used by a non-trivially sized community ever sits still. The more we use our langu
by masukomi 11y ago
You're right in general, but it seems that no language that is being actively used by a non-trivially sized community ever sits still. The more we use our languages (computer or human) the more they evolve. They are a form of communication. We are always evolving our communications methods and wanting more ways of expressing ourselves.
- brudgers 11y ago1. ANSI Common Lisp is nearly 25 years old. 2. Picking up another language is the quantum leap in the possibilities of expression. Point releases aren't. To the point, if Lush expresses what a person wants to express, then it does so. It's not like people suddenly turn around and rewrite working legacy while loops as list comprehensions just for fun.