4 all the new Lispers :A BIG BALL OF MUD

Most of the comparations and shootouts of lisp are done on a small
programs
where lisp is compared on speed, terseness and time develop, while on
short
projects some languages might be faster, terser and took less time to
develop
Take something big , a living organism that "evolved" through time ,
changing
programmers , goals and focus. And you'll get this :

http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html#BigBallOfMud
A BIG BALL OF MUD is haphazardly structured, sprawling,
sloppy, duct-tape and bailing wire, spaghetti code jungle.

And next time when you'll add something to a 5 screen long
imperative written spagthetti procedure , in c/c++/java/c#/delphi
you'll get the idea why functional programming is a good thing.
assignment is bad, global variables suck, and destructively
modifying arguments should be avoided .
I understanded this today. I'm enlightened amen

I wish you a pleasent reading.
bobi

p.s.
It is possible to write cruppy code in lisp
but in many languages is very hard to write a good one.

Remember that warm soft mud last summer?

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