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Lisp is Sin

blogs.msdn.com — A Microsoft employee talks about his experiences with Lisp/Scheme, the current state of the Lisp world and how Lisp might and should change. And how alluring Lisp is to the non-Lisp programmer yet being unaccessible.

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  • msabramo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Excellent article. A really astute account of what's right and what's wrong with Lisp and Scheme, along with some links to great resources like Lisp books from Graham and Norvig.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> Lisp is the language of the gods.

    Yes, of course... that's why Lisp is Sin(tm) ...not to be spoken by mere mortals; yet there it is, just waiting for you to code in it.
  • monolith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Demons speak INTERCAL!

    (and COBOL)
  • monolith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0chills man, chills. Lisp is the language of the gods.

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