On January 22, 2012 at 8:42 AM Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote:
> OK, I understand. > > The language is not useful or usable, and the "Community" (I count 70 > members in this list) is silent. To me it's very useful and interesting, or I would not have spent so much time making miniPicoLisp work for my program on 4 different operating systems. I am convinced this will pay off in reduced development time for me, even though it meant a slower start vs just continue writing it all in C or C++. Don't confuse the silence of the majority for consent, one way or another, it's like politics. The most vocal proponents of any standpoint, are not likely to represent any majority. And I haven't even touched on the possibility that the majority can be wrong. Right or wrong or correct or useful is not decided in a popularity contest. PicoLisp is old, but PicoLisp in a sense is very new - in the area where I personally see most potential (embedded in embedded hardware and embedded in programs), it has had a proprietary friendly license only since 2010. On the server it gained a 64 bit port only in 2009 and for reference and research a Java version 2010. Super easy library calling also came with the 64 bit version. Given these parameters, I think PicoLisp has come a long way in a short time. I have more thoughts, but I don't want to dilute my main message. best regards, Jakob -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
