Re: What's so great about lisp?

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:06:02 +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>
> I'm probably in the minority here, but I happen to like static
> typechecking.
>

Fair enough... Can't stand it myself.

Working with static type-checking reminds me of a movie I once saw (can't
remember the name), which has a scene where a man is giving a woman oral
sex and the woman just keeps saying "No... nope... no... *sigh*... no..."

Working with Lisp it's much easier to get something off the ground quickly
because, as you work on your program, Lisp tells you "No... better...
worse... much better... good" rather than just "no, no, no". I frequently
have programs in a state where much of the code is completely broken with
respect to type-correctness, and I *know* that, but I still want to
compile it so that I can work on the other bits.

Best wishes,
Bill.
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