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From: vanyo@ibcco.com (Bill Vanyo)
Subject: Re: no more lisp!
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 02:40:26 GMT
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pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre) wrote:

>In article <4idqmb$nlv@news1.h1.usa.pipeline.com> boaz@usa.pipeline.com(Boaz  
>Chow) writes:
>> hey guys!  Lisp is old.  it is the second computer language developed by
>> that "Cant-Talk-So-Well" british professor.  The only thing that is special
>> about lisp is the LIST.  Newer languages can all do LIST and even more. 
>> So, what's the use? 
>>  
>> Oh!  one interesting thing is that lisp is pretty well encapsulated it's
>> process.  and then those guys who got only C in their computer classes
>> developed C and others developed other Structural languages.  that's meant
>> no more pretty encapsulation.  But now, thing is going back.  We have
>> visical this and visical that. 
>>  
>> Do you thing this is interesting? 
>>  

>Try LISP to do an actual project that really matters to you. 

Yes? Your point being?

