No

No

Posted May 9, 2007 5:37 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: What, again? by schaueho
Parent article: The Rise of Functional Languages (Linux Journal)

1. You haven't been reading carefully.

2. You are mistaken; Lisp does in fact lack the important capability I identified. Of course it is only important in industrial work, and not in academic demonstrations. You haven't missed it. I certainly would.

3. Your attitude is common among Lisp fans, and suffices to explain why Lisp has not gained a foothold in industrial programming despite fifty years' promotion in academia.

---

(Log in to post comments)