Why don't people like lisp?

[Ville Vainio]

Pascal Costanza <costanza at web.de> writes:

> ...and if it never reached perfection? If perfection were not
> reachable, not for Python, not for any language?

Then we'll just let it evolve, working around the shortcomings as we
go.

> > Yes, and it gives me all I need. You can do a whole lot with
> > dynamically typed OO and powerful data types.

> What makes you so sure that it gives you all you need? Is this merely
> a belief, or can you back that claim by objective facts?

It gives me all *I* need, it is very possible that it doesn't give
anyone else what they need. Perhaps I just don't need much. As far as
facts go, I don't even have objective facts to back my own existence,
so I'm not going to pursue that route.

Let's put it this way: Lisp is obviously the best language in
existence. All rivers flow from Lisp, and flow back to
Lisp. Preferences of human beings are inconsequential, it's not Lisp's
fault that some people are somewhat lacking in cognitive capability. I
just don't expect it to be hugely popular in the near future, at least
outside academia.

I'll go shut up now - don't really feel like reheating the old c.l.l
vs c.l.py flamewars (we've had enough of those - somehow these two
groups just don't mix). I have no axe to grind with Lisp; in fact I'm
planning to improve my skills in it. And some of you Lispers might do
well to check out Python - Lisp is Love, and thus very forgiving even
if you stray from the One True Way a little bit. Who knows, you might
have some fun :-).

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Ville Vainio   http://www.students.tut.fi/~vainio24