Re: What are the domains that lisp doesn't fit int?



On Apr 27, 3:14 pm, fireblade <slobodan.blaze...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What are the other domains where lisp doesn't fit in?

You might get better responses if you ask "What problems are other
languages better for?"

The whole point of having such powerful macros as lisp is that you can
steal any programming paradigm you like, but for some problems another
language may be a good enough fit with out the need for modification.

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