Steven H. Rogers schrieb: > Lisp has minimal syntax, as does APL, which does make them easy to learn if > you have no preconceptions about what a programming language should be. > They're rarely, if ever the first language people learn, so the strange > appearance is a barrier that offsets the basic simplicity.
I really believe the world would be a somewhat better place if Lisp (or better yet, Scheme) would be the first language people learned. They need a better editor than notepad for them, though. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion