From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 15:33:35 +0100 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <29D186480ADF86967C952F84@[192.168.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <422c2c66f1d93f0928ca31b8c1e0c927@hamnavoe.com> References: <422c2c66f1d93f0928ca31b8c1e0c927@hamnavoe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 65869e74-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I forgot this: Graham basically accuses programmers who don't find LISP as attractive (or powerful, as he puts it) as he does of living on lower planes of existence from which the "heavens above" of functional (or only LISP) programming seem incomprehensible. He writes/speaks persuasively, he's a successful businessman, but is he also an honest debater? --On Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:02 +0100 Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >>> One serious question today would be: what's LISP _really_ good for? > > http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html > >