Re: Lisp is Sin

vedm wrote: 
Eli Gottlieb <eligottlieb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:


Once again, just because a better language hasn't been invented doesn't
make Lisp the Supreme Language Ever.  I admit that Lisp can emulate



Lisp was not invented, it was discovered, as Paul Graham lucidly
explains here:

http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html

Lisp is not any sort of God Given Scientific Law of Programming Language. It was invented, and I've read the stupid essay.
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