On 2014-03-05 01:57, Roy Smith wrote:
In article <mailman.7777.1393980007.18130.python-l...@python.org>,
Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:48:40 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net>
declaimed the following:
>Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us>:
>
>> Okay, that looks totally cool. Maybe I'll finally get a handle on
>> LISP! :)
>
>Lisp is conceptually simpler than Python, but awe-inspiring. One day, it
>will overtake Python, I believe.
I first played with Lisp in 1976. The only time I ever used it for
anything serious was an A/I course I took in the mid 80's. At the end
of the semester, I was just starting to write things in Lisp (as opposed
to writing C transliterated to Lisp syntax and keywords).
It's already had 54 years to become a major language...
Instead it has schismed into Common Lisp and Scheme (and a few other
dialects)
Python has had 23 years to become a major language...
Instead it has schismed into Python 2.x and Python 3.x.
Into how many versions did Lisp split in its first 23 years? :-)
[holding hands over ears to avoid the howls of derision, while ducking
and running]
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