OT: Lisp isn't chocolate (was Re: OFF-TOPIC:: Why Lisp is not my favorite programming language

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Fri Mar 5 08:35:51 EST 2004


[c.l.py added back in]

In article <test at test.tk>, Ray Dillinger  <bear at sonic.net> wrote:
>nobody wrote:
>> 
>> This article is posted at the request of C.W. Yang who asked me to
>> detail my opinion of Lisp, and for the benefit of people like him,
>> who may find themselves intrigued by this language.
>
>The solution to your problem is obvious.  Just treat Lisp like
>Chocolate; if you don't like it, you can't have any.

OTOH, using a braindead netnews client that reposts the same content
tends to destroy one's credibility.  ;-)
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