Re: Comparing Lisp conditions to Java Exceptions



Kent M Pitman <pitman@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> First, SBCL is itself harming the industry by catering to the notion
> that you don't have to pay to acquire something.

If Lisp had only non-free implementations, it would be now even more
dead than it is.

(Please don't extrapolate this to ancient times. I mean *now*,
when there are alternatives.)

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